Category Archives: Shoplifting

The Leicester Mercury website reports that a serial shoplifter stole more than £500,000 in a crime spree that took her to towns and cities across the country.

Narinder Kaur operated on an ‘industrial scale’, with her scam seeing her trick retail staff into handing over refunds for items she had never even bought.

The North Wales Live website reports that a “professional shoplifter” stole over £27,000 worth of alcohol from various Asda and Tesco stores across the UK.

Cristian Miron – working with accomplices – entered the supermarkets, filled a trolley with boxes of alcohol, and, whilst staff were distracted, the trolley was brought out to a waiting car.

According to the Mirror website, honey containers were fitted with the anti-theft device at a Tesco Express store in North West London, including Tesco’s organic squeezy clear honey, which costs £3.85.

The cost of living crisis has led to a rise in shoplifting, with recent research finding that 34% of UK adults had stolen something using a self-scanning till.

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.

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.

According to the North Wales Live website, a drug addict whose shoplifting spree saw her threaten to physically attack, punch and stab people with a needle says she is now “too old for all of this”.

Kendra Gibson targeted Primark, M&S and a shopping mall, picking up items before bypassing the tills and walking straight out of the door.