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One million Brits have conciously bought counterfeit goods to save cash. A report by charity Electrical Safety First found not only are consumers risking injury because of shoddy plug-in products but £900 million of their hard earned cash goes to fund organised crime.

A woman has been jailed after she “systematically” stole £10,000 worth of stock from a Cambridge clothes shop and then sold it on eBay.

Madeline Stock has been locked up for four months after she sold off stock from clothing store Warehouse over a period of two years.

A trader plagued by thieves is launching an online petition – to have the word ‘shoplifting’ banned, according to Cambridge News. Neil Mackay, who has had electrical equipment and other stock stolen from his shop, believes the crime is not taken seriously enough.

He is calling on organisations and individuals to stop using the word ‘shoplifting’, and subsititute ‘shop theft’ instead.

David Wilson, a deputy manager at Toys “R” Us in York started stealing from the chain in 2008 – a year after being promoted into a managerial role – according to the York Press.

The company used software to trace the stolen stock before evidence was handed to loss prevention officers who matched the goods with Wilson’s eBay and PayPal account.

According to the Mirror, a primary school teacher who was being hunted by Asda for her prolific shoplifting has been caught after appearing on TV’s Come Dine With Me.

Supermarket staff at her local Asda branch spotted Sophie Hunter-Brown in a re-run of the popular Channel 4 show.

A Merseyside Police superintendent lied about himself and made misleading statements on his CV to secure transfers and career promotions.

Michael Martin wrongly claimed to have a university degree and said he led a review for implementing new policing strategies, following a high-profile death of a woman.