Category Archives: Civil Recovery

The BBC News website reports that police have seized an “astonishing” haul of fake designer goods and illegal items in pre-Christmas raids in London’s Oxford Street.

Operation Jade raided four souvenir and sweet shops and confiscated more that 17,500 items, including unsafe toys, counterfeit clothing, and incorrectly-labelled nicotine products.

According to the Lancashire Telegraph website, a shoplifter stole more than £1,000 worth of goods in a six-week spree, to fund his chronic alcohol addiction.

Joshua Thomas Whalley stole booze worth a total of £475 from Tesco, handbags worth £381 plus meat worth £396 from Marks & Spencer.

The Yorkshire Evening Post website reports that a prolific thief has been jailed after he was caught stealing £660 worth of football shirts from a Leeds United shop.

Dilwyn Hoare – who has 76 previous convictions – took 15 adult shirts from a stand, rolled them up and placed them into a bag on the floor.

The Liverpool Echo website reports that a woman stole hundreds of thousands of pounds from her employer in a “deluded” ploy to impress her boyfriend with a lavish lifestyle.

Stephanie Long stole just over £214,000 from B&M Waste Services over a four-year period, abusing her position as a purchasing and ledger manager.

The Leicestershire Live website reports that a prolific thief with 148 previous convictions, was “unable to stop himself” shoplifting from an Asda superstore.

Lance Carroll attempted to steal a carrier bag full of razor blades and electric toothbrushes, taking them to the customer toilets to rip off the security tags.

The BBC News website reports that a paramedic stole thousands of pounds worth of defibrillators from an ambulance service and sold them on eBay.

Scott Sutherland – jailed for three years – stole the equipment while working at North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) in 2017 and 2018 and returned to steal more in 2020.