Category Archives: Shoplifting

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.

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.