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According to the Evening Standard website, candy store operators on London’s Oxford Street have defied a council crackdown with the number of the ‘eyesores’ returning to record levels.

There are currently 29 US-style candy and souvenir outlets on Europe’s busiest shopping street and during one swoop £215,000 worth of fake goods were seized.

As reported on the Cambridgeshire Live website, a thief who stole more than £500-worth of goods in less than one month has been jailed.

Karl Jones targeted a branch of Next for three weeks in a row, stealing two expensive lights and several diffusers.

The Fashion United website reports that Etsy has been exposed as a platform where counterfeit goods are easily bought and sold.

A scathing report by Citron Research has accused Etsy’s management of knowingly or, at the very least, negligently, turning this company into the largest organized clearing house for counterfeit goods in the world.

According to the Teeside Live website, a prolific shoplifting mum who says she turned to drugs after her baby was taken into foster care, has avoided a prison sentence.

Katrina Brown stole North Face hooded jumpers worth £919 and £408-worth of items from Currys, including a Smeg toaster and a Shark hoover.

As reported on the Manchester Evening News website, a delivery driver has escaped jail after he was caught stealing trainers worth £15,000 from FootAsylum.

David Swatman – who one won £100,000 on a scratchcard in 2018 – swiped boxes of shoes he was taking from the company’s north Wales depot to Manchester.

The BBC News website reports that a burger bar manager stole £30,000 from his employers to fund his addiction to drugs, alcohol and gambling.

Anargyros Georgallis admitted stealing the cash while he worked at the Fat Hippo burger outlet in Sheffield.