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According to the Drinks Retailing News website, theft of alcoholic drinks is the greatest contributor to the annual £11bn cost of shrinkage across the UK.

With shoplifting in general being the main cause of shrinkage – closely followed by thieving staff and administrative errors – BWS was the category most likely to be hit by thieves, followed by cheese, meat, sweets and canned fish.

As reported on the Peterborough Telegraph website, a mother and daughter stole over £100,000 from a Cambridgeshire business, and spent the cash on Legoland rides, private number plates and vets bills.

Nicola Hayter overpaid her own bonuses, her daughter’s wages and bought personal items with the company credit card.

Kent Online reports that a pub manager stole more than £5,000 worth of goods from his employer, which he then took to his new pub which he was to set up on his own.

Billy Morgan worked at the Grove Ferry Inn in Canterbury, where the pub chef noticed items were missing from bulk orders.

The Nottinghamshire Live website reports that a Romanian national arrived in the UK on a Friday, shoplifted on the Saturday and was jailed on the Monday.

Leonard-Valter Tudor took a foil-lined bag into TK Maxx in Nottingham city centre, hoping that it would fool security screens.

The Harrogate Advertiser reports that a woman stole over £8,000 while working on the till at Morrisons, taking the money over at least a four-month period.
Trina Howard’s thieving spree came to light when her bosses noticed massive shortfalls in takings at the tobacco kiosk where she worked.

The Surrey Live website reports that one of Surrey’s most prolific shoplifters has been jailed after admitting to a string of thefts across the county.

Ben Price targeted supermarkets in Godalming, Cobham, Farnham, Guildford, Hersham and Dorking, and was spotted on CCTV stealing alcohol.