Category Archives: Civil Recovery

According to the Manchester Evening News, a prolific thief who threatened a supermarket security guard with a hypodermic needle has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.

Lee Thompson was arrested by police who saw him driving a stolen car in Hyde.

A gang of security guards stole £200k-worth of iPhones but were caught when they bragged about their crimes online.

Mohammed Miah, Jaleel Khan, Soyfur Rahman and Mohammed Aamar, employed as security guards at a UPS distribution centre, brazenly drove out of the warehouse with boxes of phones.

Stoke On Trent Live reports that a serial shoplifter has been jailed after stealing thousands of pounds worth of goods from four of the UK’s biggest retailers.

Jacqueline Deaville’s crime spree included stealing nearly £3,000-worth of goods from Boots, Longton, in just one day – a third of the store’s weekly takings.

The Lancashire Telegraph reports that a man’s ‘intense personal crisis’ led him to embark on a 10-day shoplifting spree, which netted him goods worth £500.

Dean Roberth Smethhurst got into financial difficulties, fell in with the wrong crowd and started to use heroin after being unable to obtain a pedlar’s licence.

The Ipswich Star reports that thieves stealing from shops in Ipswich are causing a ‘constant’ problem for town centre police and security teams.

Town centre rangers, who return up to £5,000 of stolen goods to stores each month, admit that this “probably doesn’t even touch the surface” of the amount of thieving that occurs.

The Press and Journal reports that a group of Tesco workers hatched a fraudulent plan to steal products from their employer via inflated online orders.

Ashleigh Ritchie, Kirsteen Scott and Emma Heddle took advantage of Tesco’s policy at the time, which meant workers were allowed to do their own internet shopping orders.