Category Archives: Civil Recovery

According to the Falmouth Packet, leaving a petrol station without paying for fuel to be treated as a civil matter by Cornish police.

Assistant Chief Constable Paul Netherton, of Devon and Cornwall Police, said, “Businesses need to use the civil recovery options already available to recover their losses.”

The Daily Record reports that a Managing Director stole goods from his own company – valued at almost £200k – and sold them on ebay.

The owners of Aero Leather Clothing Ltd discovered William Lauder had been selling factory products on the online auction site to the value of £195,000.

An opinion piece in Sheffield’s The Star reaffirms the scale of shoplifting and states that, like the vast majority of crime, the crime is a selfish act which benefits the thief and punishes the rest of us. Shoplifters in the area committed 10,345 offences last year, new figures reveal.

Metro has a report of an idiotic shoplifter who was caught after stealing more than £100 of goods from Tesco while wearing a Manchester United shirt with his own name printed on the back.

Paul Robert Benson was caught on CCTV stealing £104.54 worth of produce from a Tesco supermarket in Belfast.

But he clearly forgot he was wearing a Manchester United shirt with ‘Benson 22′ printed on the back of it.

A man has been found guilty of shoplifting meat and wine worth £200 from a Tesco store, despite the fact he is a multimillionaire company director.

Ronan Ghosh was caught on the supermarket’s CCTV stashing goods in a bag. His Birmingham-based recycling company turns over £16million per year.

According to the Mirror, Fernando Miguel Andrade Viseu, a steward for Ryanair, stole a camera from a passenger and sold it on ebay.

The passenger, Aaron Galloway, got home and went on ebay hoping to find a replacement and was astonished to see his camera for sale with just 33 minutes left on the auction.