Category Archives: Civil Recovery

The Manchester Evening News reports that a trusted bank worker has been jailed after secretly siphoning cash into accounts belonging to her relatives.

When Helen Farrell was questioned by her bosses at Barclays bank, she couldn’t account for more than £97,000.

According to the Press & Journal, a new police report has shown that incidents of common assault in Aberdeen city centre have almost halved in the last five years, but shoplifting has risen dramatically during the same period, with clothing and cosmetics most popular stolen items.

According to exclusive analysis of crime statistics by The Mirror, Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent is the most crime-hit shoplifting location in the UK, with a staggering 611 shoplifting offences between in the 12 months to February, or 1.7 offences per day.

Debenhams in Manchester came second in the report.

According to the Lytham St Annes Express, a pair of professional shoplifters used a sophisticated ‘daisychain’ scam to target fashion shops in Blackpool.

Charity Moyo and Carolie Nkomo stole dresses, tops and shoes from Topshop and Debenhams, so they could return them for a refund at other stores in the North West.

Kent Online reports that a ferry worker faked vital documents about passenger numbers in a fraud which netted him £20,000.

DFDS Seaways employee, Matthew Jackon – a deputy manifest officer – sold tickets but then stole cash from drivers arriving at the port.

The Gazette & Herald reports that a 66-year-old great-grandmother stole steaks worth £60 from a branch of Waitrose in Chippenham.

Marlene Cousins, who has a long history of shoplifting, sold the steak on for cash, to cover a debt.