Category Archives: Shoplifting

The Warrington Guardian website reports that a shoplifter stole thousands of pounds worth of goods from a branch of Boots on one day.

Sarah Gillam – jailed for 20 weeks – took an estimated £2,500 of fragrances and was arrested when she returned to the store a week later.

The Guardian website reports that a new political party was launched in London by a group of activists from Extinction Rebellion [XR] marking the event by shoplifting a haul of goods from Sainsbury’s.

Five members of the Beyond Politics party filled trolleys with food but left without paying, apparently to highlight the instability of global food distribution.

The Manchester Evening News website reports that a violent shoplifter kicked the head of security guard ‘like a football’ after being caught stealing vodka in a branch of Asda.

Daniel Wardle – jailed for two years – punched the guard to the ground, kicked his head and then ran away as the man lay unconscious with a broken jaw.

According to the Derbyshire Live website, a man has been jailed for over a year following a three-month shoplifting spree, which included a haul of 16 bottles of self-tan lotion.

Leeroy Simpson also stole beef steaks and boxes of washing powder in a series of thefts he committed between February 16 and May 1.

According to the Stroud News & Journal website, a thief travelled to Stroud and Swindon in breach of lockdown rules to go on a shoplifting spree.

Andrei-Niscusor Dogaru had two rucksacks and a magnetic de-tagger and stole a large quantity of spirits, ink cartridges, razors and electric items valued between £2,700 and £3,000.

The Westmorland Gazette website reports that a serial shoplifter has been jailed for stealing alcohol worth more than £1,000 from Booths.

Paul Akred targeted Booths supermarkets in Ulverston and Windermere on four occasions in December 2019, January and April 2020.