Category Archives: Civil Recovery

The BBC News website reports that a Londonderry company nearly collapsed after a former office manager spent £590,000 on online gambling, using corporate credit cards.

On one occasion, Tracey Curran gambled – and lost – £399,000 in winnings in just two days, a court was told.

The Teesside Live website reports that a ketamine-using customer service manager at Coral bookmakers took £1,000 from his employer’s safe to pay off a debt to ‘nasty people’.

Terry O’Neill was a “trusted employee” but stole the money when a customer won £112 from a roulette machine and came to the counter to collect the winnings.

The York Press website reports that a four member shoplifting gang had expandable knickers to hold their stolen wares and avoid anti-theft devices.

One member of the gang, currently on the run – Anne-Marie Raducanu – hid so many clothes in her underwear, police initially thought she was pregnant.

The BBC News website reports that shoplifting is on the rise across Northern Ireland, including a 12% increase in Belfast.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said it believed there was a link between increasing retail crime and a rise in the use of illegal drugs.

According to the Plymouth Herald website, a convenience store in the middle of Torquay has taken a dramatic stand against shoplifters.

One sign includes a stark warning: “We will happily torture and beat you if we catch you shoplifting or even attempting to shoplift in our store.”

The Mail Online website reports that a woman dubbed the ‘Mary Poppins of Matalan’ was caught pulling a stream of allegedly shoplifted clothes from her handbag.

In a video filmed by a passer-by, the woman was also seen to have a hidden compartment in her skirt outside the Matalan branch at Strood Retail Park in Kent.