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According to Metro, a homeless shoplifter burst into tears in court after begging magistrates to jail her so she wouldn’t end up back on the streets.

Julie Drever asked a court to jail her for shoplifting, then broke down and started shouting “Please!”, when it looked as though she would be spared the prison term.

According to The Leamington Spa Courier, a woman stole more than £100,000 from the estate agents where she worked, while she was subject to a suspended sentence for stealing from a previous employer.

Rachel Cefai was promoted fairly rapidly after joining Dunsmore Estates in 2010 and gained a position of considerable responsibility.

According to the People Management website, almost half of organisations are failing to screen potential employees from outside the UK, according to a new survey.

Severe penalties are levied should an employee turn out to be in the country illegally, but 40% of employers said they did not screen international hires, compared to 78% stating that they carried out checks on domestic staff.

As reported in the News & Star, Carlisle police caught people as young as 15 shoplifting in the city during a recent covert operation.

Officers in plain clothes joined constables, PCSOs, retail security staff and CCTV operators for a special operation, during which seven shoplifters were detained.

According to the Somerset County Gazette, a bogus vet lied his way into a job at a Taunton practice and managed to earn more than £40,000 before being discovered.

Patrick Keniry had several criminal convictions for similar offences and admitted faking his CV to get work at Priory Veterinary Practice, in 2015.

According to the Press And Journal, a woman with over 60 previous convictions for shoplifting has been jailed for six months.

In court, Wendy Stuart’s own lawyer described her as either “a kleptomaniac or inherently bad at it.”