Category Archives: Shoplifting

The York Press website reports that a thief who joined Black Friday shopping crowds in York to carry out a shoplifting raid will spend Christmas behind bars.

Maria Smith took clothing and perfume gift sets worth £363 at Fenwick and walked out with them without paying, before staff stopped her outside the department store.

The Birmingham Live website reports that a shoplifter who stole meat worth hundreds of pounds from a city Marks and Spencer store has been jailed.

Liam Wilcox was arrested after West Midlands Police took to Twitter to post CCTV footage of a man suspected of stealing from the branch in Sheldon.

According to the Lancashire Telegraph website, a shoplifter stole more than £1,000 worth of goods in a six-week spree, to fund his chronic alcohol addiction.

Joshua Thomas Whalley stole booze worth a total of £475 from Tesco, handbags worth £381 plus meat worth £396 from Marks & Spencer.

The Yorkshire Evening Post website reports that a prolific thief has been jailed after he was caught stealing £660 worth of football shirts from a Leeds United shop.

Dilwyn Hoare – who has 76 previous convictions – took 15 adult shirts from a stand, rolled them up and placed them into a bag on the floor.

The Leicestershire Live website reports that a prolific thief with 148 previous convictions, was “unable to stop himself” shoplifting from an Asda superstore.

Lance Carroll attempted to steal a carrier bag full of razor blades and electric toothbrushes, taking them to the customer toilets to rip off the security tags.

According to the Stoke-On-Trent Live website, a shoplifter told a police officer she had Covid, before deliberately coughing towards her twice.

Jessica Bosson was arrested after stealing a bottle of Malibu and a bottle of Southern Comfort worth £30, from a branch of Sainsbury’s.