Category Archives: Civil Recovery

The Greenock Telegraph reports that a debt-ridden shopworker stole £1,500 worth of scratchcards – but didn’t win anthing.

Andrew Lochrie was working at the Co-Op when he helped himself to rolls of the National Lottery instants games hoping to be able to clear his mounting arrears.

According to the Mirror website, police are hunting for a shoplifter bearing an uncanny resemblance to Prince Andrew, who allegedly stole an expensive pram from Mothercare.

This latest ‘looki-likey’ search follows a shoplifting incident in which a dead-ringer for Ross from the TV show Friends was caught stealing a crate of beer.

The BBC News website reports that incidents of shoplifting in UK supermarkets have risen by nearly 8% between 2014 and 2017.

Shoppers and store owners are bearing the cost of the increase, whilst austerity cutbacks mean that there are ‘not enough police officers to deal with’ the rises.

According to the Wales Online website, a lettings manager pocketed more than £300,000 from his hardworking boss and used it to fund a gambling addiction, expensive holidays and fine dining.

Robert Parker was filmed kissing wads of cash whilst stealing them from successful businesswoman Nina Chivers.

According to the News & Star website, a repeat shoplifter had her 45 alternative identities revealed after being arrested in Carlisle.

Caroline Dicaprio had previously identified herself as Elizabeth Alder, Caroline Allyson, Allyson Estob, or Caroline Allyson Stoker, amongst many others.

The Helensburgh Advertiser website reports that a former Royal Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan sold stolen military equipment on eBay.

Jonathan Parkhill stole food, clothes and military gear, including life-saving gas masks, worth almost £14,000 from stores at HM Naval Base Clyde.