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The Ipswich Star carries the story of a travel shop worker who stole money from her employer to pay the rent on the house she shared.

A court heard that the Co-op estimates Lucy Read – a travel consultant for the company – stole around £2,000.

As reported in The Scottish Sun, shamed ex-Hibs star Garry O’Connor pleaded guilty to shoplifting in Harvey Nichols in Edinburgh.

The former Scotland star has been ordered to pay a fine of £200 and an additional £700 in compensation for stealing items of clothing at the store last year.

The Huddersfield Daily Examiner reports that a serial shoplifter was given a suspended jail sentence after he told a court about his plans to go on The Jeremy Kyle Show.

Dean Grundell, who stole from TK Maxx and Sainsbury’s in Huddersfield, is in talks to feature on the ITV daytime show as he tries to quit his 25-year drug addiction.

The BBC News website reports that convenience stores’ losses from shoplifting tripled last year to hit a record high for the industry.

The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) came up with total losses of £131m, based on estimates from 7,123 shops in England, Scotland and Wales.

The Bristol Post reports that nurse who lied about her credentials and used a fake ID card has been banned from practicing medicine.

Mirabel Ngwe Boma was found to have falsely claimed she worked at a hospital in Bath when applying for a bursary, and, thanks to an anonymous tip-off, the Home Office discovered she was using a fake EU National identity card.

Wales Online reports that a ‘trusted and respected’ employee stole more than £330,000 from a Pontypridd construction firm to feed her online gambling habit.

Beverley Pearce – jailed for 32 months – worked at Brecongate Building Solutions for 16 years as an account manager and paid herself up to five times a month from the company accounts, blowing the money on online gambling.