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According to the Telegraph & Argus website, a car saleswoman has admitted to stealing more than £23,000 from a family-run dealer group in Bradford.

Donna O’Melia took cash payments from customers and kept the money, using it to fund her serious gambling addiction.

A letter on The Guardian website details how one supermarket employee is “burnt out” from dealing with shoplifters in a London store.

The letter from an anonymous contributor details the massive increase in shoplifting and theft that is described as “to order”.

As reported on the Mirror website, a shoplifter stole 144 bars of chocolate right in front of CCTV – only to return later to steal ten jars of coffee.

Jordan Thomson – jailed for 22 weeks, his second sentence this year – was recorded on security cameras stealing the sweets from a branch of Co-Op in Worthing, West Sussex.

The Chemist + Druggist website reports that a pharmacy worker stole more than £330,000 worth of diabetes testing kits from a pharmacy in Leicester.

A court heard how Abdul Nargoliya – jailed for almost 4 years – was found to have deposited £429,000 to gambling companies.

The Birmingham Live website reports that Saqlain Nawaz who operated two retail units selling counterfeit clothing has been jailed for 27 months.

Investigators raided one store and seized a vast range of high-value brand copies, including Nike, Adidas, Moncler, Stone Island, Louis Vuitton and Hermes.

The Metro website reports that branches of Co-op across the country have been putting empty coffee jars on shelves in a bid to stop shoplifters – after prices rocketed to more than £10.

A branch in Walthamstow, north London, took the precaution after the price of 200g of Kenco Smooth instant coffee was put up to £10.50.