Category Archives: Civil Recovery

The Manchester Evening News website reports that a homeless man who was caught shoplifting booze and Boots gift sets claimed he was ‘simply stealing to survive’.

Mark Gary Giles was first caught shoplifting bottles of alcohol worth £164.25 from a Sainsbury’s store in Altrincham, and pulled out a knife when confronted.

According to The Argus, a former hotel worker pocketed thousands of pounds from an airport shuttle bus to fund his gambling addiction.

Andrew Brown took £3 sums from over 23,000 guests as they got on the coach from Gatwick Airport to the nearby Premier Inn.

According to the Derbyshire Live website, some stores in Swadlincote are not reporting shoplifting offences for fear of future repercussions.

A local councillor spoke out after police had stated that most of the area’s usual shoplifting culprits would be out of prison by Christmas.

Wales Online reports that an eagle-eyed boss tracked down missing stock items worth £14,000 after turning detective and monitoring eBay for rogue listings.

After three electrical calibrator devices were stolen from a workshop at Baglan power station, a manager trawled listings on eBay looking for the items.

The Dorset Echo reports that police are investigating videos that have appeared on social media that allegedly show teenage girls brazenly shoplifting in Weymouth.

In one video a group can be seen giggling and shouting in a phone and vaping shop before appearing to steal smoking paraphernalia.

The Manchester Evening News reports that a ‘wild’ shoplifter stole from shops 63 times during a stealing spree that netted him over £23,000 in seven months.

Paul Gillespie raided dozens of shops including TK Maxx, Boots, Sports Direct, Marks and Spencer and Peacocks picking up what he could find.