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Parcelforce Driver Stole 244 Packages
The Wales Online website reports that a Parcelforce driver stole 244 items in three months, selling them on eBay and netting him over £14,000.
Michal Biernacki stole mostly high-value electrical, cosmetic and designer clothing products, worth more than £31,000.
read moreThief Took Foil-lined Suitcase Into Store
The Stoke-On-Trent Live website reports that a man stuffed a foil-lined suitcase with clothes in a branch of Sports Direct and tried to leave without paying.
Vasile Baboi told a court that he had simply wanted to send the clothes back home to his children in Romania.
read moreJail For Prolific Shoplifter
The Chronicle Live website reports that a prolific shoplifter whose latest theft spree netted her £2,000 of make-up, toiletries and candles has finally been jailed.
With more than 50 previous convictions for theft, Suzanne Innes continued to steal from shops and ignore several court orders imposed on her.
read moreThief Blames Devil For Stealing
The Kent Online website reports that a trio of female thieves stole £2,500-worth of perfume from stores in Bluewater Shopping Centre.
When one of the gang – all Orthodox Christian Roma women – was asked why she did it, she replied: “The devil possessed me!”
read moreThieving Employee Blamed IT Systems
The Telegraph & Argus website reports that a man stole more than £5,000 from his employer and then claimed the firm was making him a scapegoat for its IT problems.
Jamie Ward started to steal cash he had collected from business transactions, then marked orders as cancelled on the IT system to cover his tracks.
read moreFireman Sold Stolen Kit On Ebay
As reported on The Sun website, a fireman stole £50,000 worth of equipment from the fire service – including colleagues’ PPE – before selling it on eBay.
Michael Todhunter stole defibrillators, respirator masks, firefighter axes and helmets plus breathing apparatus and floodlight kits.
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