Category Archives: Civil Recovery

As reported on the Grocery Gazette website, the government is planning to reverse the current £200 threshold in its shoplifting charter, to better tackle the rise in retail crime.

The government is set to remove the 2014 shoplifting legislation, which makes shop theft involving property with a value of £200 or less, a summary-only offence.

The Glasgow Times website reports that a couple teamed up to scam their housing organisation employers in a £25,000 voucher fraud.

Donna Baillie and Stephen Kelly had access to vouchers that were meant to help tenants during COVID to assist those with energy pre-payment meters.

The WalesOnline website reports that a supermarket worker stole stock whilst preparing customers’ online orders.

A court heard how Phillip Thomas would go around the store scanning and packing the orders but would also would pick up items for his own use and put them into a separate bag.

According to the Sky News website, a prolific shoplifter has been banned from wearing wigs, after using them to disguise herself whilst on stealing sprees.

Hannah Roberts had worn a variety of hairpieces after repeatedly ignoring a ban on entering certain stores in Gloucester city centre.

According to the City of Westminster website, almost £10,000-worth of counterfeit Paddington Bear merchandise has been seized during raids along London’s Oxford Street.

Council officers targeted nine shops along Oxford Street and in Central London and removed fake t-shirts, tote bags and fridge magnets.

The South Wales Guardian website reports that a ‘thoroughly dishonest’ car salesman who stole almost £33,000 from his employer has been ordered to repay just £1 by a judge.

Over a three-year period, Ceri Lewis siphoned off tens of thousands of pounds of company funds in order to fund his ‘lavish lifestyle’.