Category Archives: Shoplifting

According to the Somerset Live website, a prolific shoplifter went on a two-month thieving spree in Yeovil, “in order to survive”, a court was told.

Louise Lauchlan – jailed for 21 weeks – helped herself to hundreds of pounds worth of booze and fragrances from Asda and a Boots store from which she had already been banned.

The Kent Live website reports that a prolific shoplifter who repeatedly stole beauty products from a Wilko store has been barred from every branch in the UK.

James Bronco Doherty took 20 boxes of men’s Lynx products in one visit, and four days later he walked away with 13 boxes of Nivea cream from the Wilko store in Accrington.

The Wilts & Gloucester Standard reports that a pregnant shoplifter who stole a kettle has been jailed for 11 weeks.

Kathleen Shiel, said to be 10 weeks off her due date, had raided Wilko twice in a day, each time stealing a kettle, and two days later she went back to take coffee, tea, sugar and a knife set.

The Liverpool Echo reports that a pregnant woman has been jailed after attempting to shoplift from Asda.

Gemma Whalley tried to steal perfume and clothes, which breached a suspended prison sentence that had been handed to her when she threw a vodka bottle at another woman.

In Aberdeen, a store owner has been forced to lock away jars of coffee after shoplifters decimated its stock of the product, according to the Evening Express website.

The Spar shop on Byron Square, Northfield, now requires customers to ask for coffee at the till.

The Bournemouth Echo website reports that a pair of house-sharing shoplifters have been jailed for 16 weeks each.

Lee Curry and Christopher Heap stole steak and frozen seafood from Bournemouth shops during a spate of offences, including teaming up to steal frozen seafood worth £165 from Iceland.