Category Archives: Shoplifting

According to the Grimsby Live website, a shoplifter with more than 150 convictions deliberately got caught again in a bid to jump a seven-month queue for drug treatment.

Jill Moore had finished a jail term and, after her release, tried to get help from an agency for her drug addiction.

The Leader website reports that a prolific shoplifter from Wrexham has been jailed after stealing whilst serving a suspended sentence.

Claire Louise Jones had previous convictions for 169 offences, committing crimes over the years to feed her drug addiction.

According to the Retail Times website, the UK retail industry suffered from an average of 1,035 incidents every day in 2018, based on analysis of the latest police data.

The stats reveal that retailers reported 377,850 incidents in 2018, with no suspect identified in 42% of cases.

According to the Metro website, a Romanian went on a nationwide shoplifting spree in the UK and stole more than £15,000-worth of goods.

Madalina Horvath travelled to the UK in 2015 and shoplifted across various cities from Cambridge to Manchester.

According to The Courier website, a thief who featured in a TV show has been jailed for a year for stealing designer pants and fake tan.

Brian Don had taken Valium and Xanax and believed he was invisible when he carried out shoplifting raids at Debenhams and Boots in Perth.

The Mirror website reports that a college has suspended 17 teenagers after they allegedly went on a mass shoplifting spree at a Primark store in Hull.

The group, believed to be entirely made up of girls, have been placed on a “short term suspension pending a meeting with their parents and carers”.