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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’.

The Leeds Live website reports that a “trusted” senior finance leader stole nearly £30,000 from her employer to fund an extravagant luxury lifestyle.

Claire Crook spent the money she took from marketing firm Force24 on flights, hotels, hairdressers, hotels and beauty treatments, over a six-year period.

The Kent Online website reports that a former beauty consultant told a court that she made “the biggest mistake of her life”, after a £600 shoplifting spree.

Rasa Cmeliauskaite stole from four shops over two days, including John Lewis, Boots and Marks and Spencer.

The Yorkshire Live website reports that a former accountant defrauded her chemical company employer out of more than £250,000, over a four-year period.

Anne-Marie Dinsdale – jailed for 30 months – could not provide a court with any details about how she had spent the stolen money.