Category Archives: Shoplifting

Shoplifting ‘Career’ Netted £2million

The Sun reports that a prolific thief claims to have made £2million during her 45 year shoplifting ‘career’.

Mother-of-six Kim Farry, from SW London, has been in prison five times and shows no remorse for her illegal actions, preferring to see herself as a ‘Fagin’ character.

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Shoplifting Falls In Cirencester

The Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard website reports that thefts from shops have decreased in Cirencester according to recent police figures, bucking the national trend.

Police say that the reduction in crime is down to police successfully obtaining Criminal Behaviour Orders [CBO] for repeat offenders, banning them from all shops in the city.

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Thief Stole Booze ‘To Pay Rent’

Stoke-On-Trent Live reports that a ‘desperate’ shoplifter stole bottles of alcohol from Sainsbury’s because he could not pay his rent after his housing benefit was stopped.

Ian Lincoln – who has 70 previous convictions for theft and similar offences – was desperate not to lose his accommodation so he took the items to sell on.

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‘Prince Andrew Lookalike’ Stole Pram

According to the Mirror website, police are hunting for a shoplifter bearing an uncanny resemblance to Prince Andrew, who allegedly stole an expensive pram from Mothercare.

This latest ‘looki-likey’ search follows a shoplifting incident in which a dead-ringer for Ross from the TV show Friends was caught stealing a crate of beer.

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Theft From Supermarkets Rising

The BBC News website reports that incidents of shoplifting in UK supermarkets have risen by nearly 8% between 2014 and 2017.

Shoppers and store owners are bearing the cost of the increase, whilst austerity cutbacks mean that there are ‘not enough police officers to deal with’ the rises.

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Thief Banned From All Shops In York

According to the York Press website, a woman has been banned from every shop in York for 12 months after staging two shoplifting expeditions to the city.

Amanda Kilkenny – already banned from a number of shops in her native Bradford – travelled to York and targeted Marks & Spencer.

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