Category Archives: Shoplifting

The Mirror reports that Britain’s most prolific shoplifter – with 546 offences – has escaped jail by claiming that a fall he had in 1970 is to blame for his 49 years of thieving.

Harry Hankinson fell from a hotel balcony whilst watching Alf Ramsey’s team on TV during the tournament in Mexico.

According to the Drinks Retailing News website, theft of alcoholic drinks is the greatest contributor to the annual £11bn cost of shrinkage across the UK.

With shoplifting in general being the main cause of shrinkage – closely followed by thieving staff and administrative errors – BWS was the category most likely to be hit by thieves, followed by cheese, meat, sweets and canned fish.

The Nottinghamshire Live website reports that a Romanian national arrived in the UK on a Friday, shoplifted on the Saturday and was jailed on the Monday.

Leonard-Valter Tudor took a foil-lined bag into TK Maxx in Nottingham city centre, hoping that it would fool security screens.

The Surrey Live website reports that one of Surrey’s most prolific shoplifters has been jailed after admitting to a string of thefts across the county.

Ben Price targeted supermarkets in Godalming, Cobham, Farnham, Guildford, Hersham and Dorking, and was spotted on CCTV stealing alcohol.

The Sun website shows a shocking video that appears to show young children shoplifting from a convenience store whilst their parents distract staff.

Caught on CCTV, a young boy can be seen apparently hand-picking a number of items from a shelf and stuffing them into a bag on the floor.

The Hampshire Chronicle website reports that a thief who stole from TK Maxx on three separate occasions, has been given an eight-week curfew which forbids him to leave his house between the hours of 7pm to 7am.

Kevin John Blake stole shirts, jumpers and jackets from TK Maxx in the Brooks shopping centre in Winchester.