Category Archives: Shoplifting

The Bristol Post reports that a woman took an 11-year-old child with her on a shoplifting trip.

CCTV cameras picked up the girl running out of a JD Sports branch with clothes worth £416, and police later located the youngster with Charlotte Cassidy by a BMW car, containing the stolen goods.

As reported in the Derby Telegraph, a 58-year-old grandmother has “caused disgrace to her family” after being caught shoplifting.

Sharon Comery entered Iceland in Ilkeston and began filling her shopping basket with goods, but was also spied on CCTV putting items in her bag as she walked around the aisles.

Gazette Live reports how a security team in Middlesborough has installed a new, hi-tech CCTV system in the town’s shopping district in the run up to Christmas.

The new, 4k ultra high-definition system will hopefully help staff win the battle against shoplifting – after a notable rise in crime.

According to the Daily Post, three couples who stole thousands of pounds worth of property in a “sophisticated and professional” shoplifting expedition have been jailed.

The gang, all from Dublin in Ireland were arrested as they made their way back to Holyhead with over £10,000-worth of goods in their cars.

According to the Bristol Post, twin sisters sold stolen goods worth £300,000 on eBay, in order to fund drug addicts.

Between 2011 and 2016, Lillian Bowers and Helen Thomas turned from hobby eBay traders to selling thousands of stolen items to the tune of some £300,000, after Bowers’ son Dean started to get his mum to sell stolen items to fund his drug addiction.

The Lurgan Mail reports that two women travelled from Dublin to Northern Ireland for a shoplifting spree, netting themselves almost £2,000-worth of goods in one day.

Margaret O’Reilly and Margaret Maughan stole electrical goods, cosmetics, homeware and clothing from across Lurgan and Newry.