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The Helensburgh Advertiser website reports that a former Royal Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan sold stolen military equipment on eBay.

Jonathan Parkhill stole food, clothes and military gear, including life-saving gas masks, worth almost £14,000 from stores at HM Naval Base Clyde.

According to the York Press website, a woman has been banned from every shop in York for 12 months after staging two shoplifting expeditions to the city.

Amanda Kilkenny – already banned from a number of shops in her native Bradford – travelled to York and targeted Marks & Spencer.

According to the Cornwall Live website, a shop owner in Falmouth believes thousands of pounds worth of goods are being stolen weekly by a ‘professional’ gang of shoplifters who are targeting stores in the town, and describes the police response to the crime wave as “pathetic”.

The York Press website reports that a travelling shoplifter has been banned from McArthur Glen Designer Outlet for a year, after a sustained stealing spree in December.

John Paul Sweeney told magistrates: “It was Christmas. I was trying to get presents for people.”

According to the Ely Standard website, a mother and daughter stole around £100,000 from a business by using a company credit card to fund Legoland rides, vets bills, a private car number plate and house cleaners.

Nicola Hayter worked as a bookkeeper for construction company Retrofit UK and used the company’s trade account to purchase personal items and overpaid her own bonuses.

According to the Gloucestershire Live website, the manager of a branch of Coral’s bookmakers stole almost £10,000 to help settle her boyfriend’s drug debt.

Bethan Perry was seen on CCTV emptying a safe of £6,000 cash and stuffing the notes into her handbag.