Category Archives: Shoplifting

The Northampton Chronicle website reports that a serial shoplifter stole an astonishing 96 bottles of booze – the equivalent of 16 cases – from three stores during a 25-day thieving spree.

Antony Cantor’s pilfered haul included four bottles of Jack Daniels, 22 bottles of prosecco, 70 bottles of wine and two bottles of port.

According to the News & Star website, a shoplifter travelled to Carlisle from the North East to steal goods from Tesco worth more than £1,000 on two consecutive days.

Natasha Waddle pleaded guilty to the two thefts – one of £361 on a Monday and then another worth £659 the very next day.

The Mail Online website reports that shoplifting has soared to record levels of nearly a billion pounds a year, according to the latest study by the British Retail Consortium.

Customer theft reached £935 million in the year to March 2020, up a staggering 21% per cent on the previous 12 months.

The Bishop’s Stortford Independent website reports that a brazen shoplifter used a two-wheeled scooter to navigate the aisles in Boots, stealing items as he went.

Despite being apprehended by a customer, the thief continued on his crime spree, grabbing nasal strips worth £18 and a Nicorette nasal spray worth £46 before scooting out the door.

As reported on the the Express website, a mother has been spared a jail term, despite taking her young child out shoplifting for toys days before Christmas.

Lyndsey Halliwell bundled toys worth £123 into carrier bags in a busy WH Smith branch, before trying to run away with them.

The Warrington Guardian website reports that a gang of thieves has been jailed for over 20 years, after running a ‘planned and professional’ shoplifting operation across the length and breadth of the UK.

The six men, – all Romanian nationals – succeeded in stealing goods with a minimum value of £161,678.