Category Archives: Civil Recovery

The North Wales Live website reports that a trusted manager and cook at a family-run café stole £3,700 from the safe, after a bank holiday weekend when the takings were high.

A court heard that it was the fourth time that Mathew Bennett had been found guilty of stealing from an employer.

The Shropshire Star website reports that a John Lewis stockroom worker who stole more than £45,000 of items and sold them online has been jailed.

Lai Uong worked at John Lewis in Bluewater Shopping Centre for more than 17 years before an internal investigation was launched into missing stock, including laptops and mobile phones.

The Sussex Live website reports that a prolific thief has been banned from entering any branch of John Lewis, Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, TK Maxx, Boots and Waterstones, amongst others.

The order was made by a court after Sam Bartlett was found guilty of stealing “thousands of pounds worth of items”.

The BBC News website reports that a haul of counterfeit chocolate bars has been seized in raids on American candy shops on London’s Oxford Street.

The “Wonka Bars” were confiscated by trading standards staff, who took merchandise worth about £100,000, according to Westminster Council.

The Swindon Advertiser website reports that a serial thief shoplifted more than £1,200 worth of items – ranging from baby milk to lamb joints – from high street retailers over a six-month period.

Faye O’Brien targeted Iceland, Poundland, Wilkos and Savers on a thieving spree which started back in August 2021

The My London website reports that shoplifting in London has become so prolific that traders are being robbed once every 15 minutes.

The number of offences in Soho has doubled in one year and across the capital, there were 35,531 shoplifting cases reported in the last 12 months – 97 per day.