Category Archives: Shoplifting

According to the NWE Mail website, two thieves who swiped items from a shop said they could not remember the offence because they were on Valium.

Amy Jane Foster and Terrance Charles Graham admitted taking a number of items off the shelves of Home Bargains in Barrow and leaving without paying.

According to the Craven Herald and Pioneer website, a man caught the bus to do some Christmas shoplifting in Skipton.

Sean Kellet – jailed for 12 weeks – travelled to Skipton from Bradford on December 21 where he attempted to steal £340 of perfume from Boots in the High Street.

The Sun reports that a suspected shoplifter resorted to superhuman evasion tactics by climbing up to the ceiling of a branch of Asda in an attempt to flee security.

Dubbed the ‘Spiderman Shoplifter’, an 18-year-old man was seen to climb up a structural pillar and shuffle along lighting fixings and gas pipes.

The Bristol Live website reports that an accounting student ran up a drug debt and stole almost £700 worth of groceries.

Anotidaishe Mutepfa stole £677.81 worth of food and Corona beer from Sainsbury’s on two occasions.

As reported on Mail Online, a shoplifter has been banned from every store in England – apart from one Tesco Metro – after she stole goods from a Boots store just minutes after being bailed for a previous offence.

Anna Burns left court, walked 750 yards to a Boots shop, and stole £60-worth of make-up.

As reported on the Spire FM website, a police initiative called Operation Hamper saw incidents of shoplifting in Salisbury halve over the 2019 festive period.

Officers became more being visible throughout the day around the city and made better use of the ShopWatch and PubWatch radio systems, linking the city CCTV and police to shops and licensed premises.