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The BBC News website reports that Trading Standards officers have seized counterfeit goods worth more than £500,000 from the iconic annual Appleby Horse Fair.

Items removed included 2,500 pairs of sunglasses and nearly 200 bottles of perfume with counterfeit Cartier, Fendi, Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Dior trademarks.

As reported on the Civil Society website, a former employee of Sense Scotland has pleaded guilty to stealing £40,060 from some of charity’s service users.

A court heard how Violet Connor admitted taking the money from some of the charity’s vulnerable residents during a period of over three years.

According to the Lincolnshire World website, a transport planning team leader stole more that £24,000 from his employer, but has been spared a jail term.

Tim Goodliff – given a 16-month sentence, suspended for two years – pleaded guilty of a charge of theft by an employee over a 12-month period.

According to the BBC News website, a convicted murderer who was given a retail management role to assist her rehabilitation, stole £17,000 from the business.

Alison Ramsay was nearing the end of her sentence at a women’s prison when she was given a role at Shared Earth as part of an offender programme.

The Guardian website has published an article that looks at the UK’s shoplifting epidemic and asks whether anything can be done to stop it.

The Co-op alone recorded 330,000 incidents of shoplifting, abuse, violence and antisocial behaviour in its 2,500+ stores across the UK in 2023.

The Sun website reports that a police officer was shopped by his ex-wife over his “bare-faced lies” that he served in the Navy during the Falklands War.
Chief Constable Nick Adderley wore a bogus South Atlantic Medal awarded to those who served in the conflict – even though he was a 15-year-old sea cadet at the time.