Category Archives: Shoplifting

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.

According to the Cornwall Live website, a shop owner in Falmouth believes thousands of pounds worth of goods are being stolen weekly by a ‘professional’ gang of shoplifters who are targeting stores in the town, and describes the police response to the crime wave as “pathetic”.

The York Press website reports that a travelling shoplifter has been banned from McArthur Glen Designer Outlet for a year, after a sustained stealing spree in December.

John Paul Sweeney told magistrates: “It was Christmas. I was trying to get presents for people.”

Stoke On Trent Live reported that a ‘desperate’ couple targeted a branch of Asda and tried to steal over £260-worth of food and alcohol, but were tracked around the store on CCTV.
Kelvin Cox and Hannah Hemmings had planned to eat the food and sell the alcohol to supplement their £20-a-week benefits.

According to the Manchester Evening News, a prolific thief who threatened a supermarket security guard with a hypodermic needle has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.

Lee Thompson was arrested by police who saw him driving a stolen car in Hyde.

Stoke On Trent Live reports that a serial shoplifter has been jailed after stealing thousands of pounds worth of goods from four of the UK’s biggest retailers.

Jacqueline Deaville’s crime spree included stealing nearly £3,000-worth of goods from Boots, Longton, in just one day – a third of the store’s weekly takings.