Category Archives: Shoplifting

The News & Star website reports that a thief who fled empty-handed from Sainsbury’s store was trying to help a friend whose benefits had been stopped.

Mark Proudfoot attempted to steal laundry products and food valued at £83 by pushing a trolley full of goods past the tills and out of the store, making no attempt to pay.

According to the Metro website, Calpol is the item most stolen from shops in an East London borough, according to a review of food insecurity in the area.

Tower Hamlets Council’s report says the theft of essential baby products is also on the rise.

The BBC News website reports that some shopkeepers in the West Midlands have resorted to posting CCTV footage on social media, complaining police are not doing enough trace shoplifting suspects.

One has even started a “wall of shame” by putting up images of alleged offenders outside his shop, as offences increased by 29% over the past two years.

According to the Express website, Emma Berry, the Boots pharmacy chain has banned a woman, Emma Berry, who struggles with addiction to crack cocaine, from all its stores across the UK.

This comes after Berry repeatedly targeted and stole cosmetics from a Boots shop in Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, a total of eight times.

The Novara Media website reports that shoplifters have told them that the cost of living [CoL] crisis had pushed them to steal more of life’s essentials.

Last year, food industry magazine The Grocer reported that shoplifting levels – especially of everyday essentials – were “off the charts”, and prices have only climbed since then.

According to The Sun website, the Cost of Living Crisis [COLC] has seen hard-up Brits getting hooked on the ‘high’ of shoplifting and are unable to stop themselves.

Staff at the UK Addiction Treatment Group have seen an “astronomical” rise in people seeking help with shoplifting addiction.