Category Archives: Shoplifting

The BBC News website reports that convenience stores’ losses from shoplifting tripled last year to hit a record high for the industry.

The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) came up with total losses of £131m, based on estimates from 7,123 shops in England, Scotland and Wales.

The Mirror reports that a teenage shoplifter was caught hiding goods under a child’s pram – by pretending she had a baby, which was actually a cuddly toy and a bra.

Saffron Curtiss-McGinty used the bizarre scam at B&M Bargains in Solihull to steal sweets, candles and an electric toothbrush.

As reported in the Ipswich Star, a barrister has questioned security levels at John Lewis after a drug-addicted shoplifter was able to walk out of a store five times in six weeks with high-value items.

Dean Saunders stole televisions, expensive coffee machines and speakers until he was finally arrested.

SomersetLive reports that a former mayor of Bruton and town councillor has admitted in court that he shoplifted after descending into a spiral of depression.

Alex Rubbo had started drinking in a bid to self-medicate his problems and then helped himself to cigarettes and alcohol from the branch of Spar where he was working.

The Daily Post reports that a brazen shoplifter who filled a supermarket trolley to the brim with meat and left without paying, has been jailed for 18 weeks – “the only sentence to protect shopkeepers”, according to the prosecuting magistrate.

According to the Heart website, a couple who stole more than £100,000 pounds worth of designer clothes across the UK have been jailed.

Ionut and Mirela Vasile struck at luxury outlets Louis Vuitton, Harvey Nichols and Burberry, with CCTV footage showing them pulling off a shoplifting scam in Manchester, Edinburgh, London, Nottingham and Milton Keynes.