Category Archives: Shoplifting

According to the Metro website, a group of small business owners in Haslemere, Surrey, have launched a vigilante WhatsApp group to counter the rise in ‘well-off, middle-aged’ shoplifters.

The traders send pictures on the WhatsApp group warning each other that previously identified thieves are in the area.

The Kent Online website reports that two asylum seekers went out on a shoplifting spree at Bluewater to steal expensive designer handbags to sell on.

Frans Epentrius and Tobias Iileka – both waiting for their claims for asylum to be processed – went into a John Lewis store armed with a pair of wire cutters.

According to the Simply Business website, Poundland is cracking down on shoplifters and is issuing staff with headsets – and even bodycams – as part of its Against Retail Crime initiative.

The new initiative will see all staff wearing the headsets, allowing quicker communication between workers.

An article featured on The Guardian website explores the booming resale market for Jellycat soft toys, with UK retailers reporting a surge in “Jellies” being stolen.

There is a flourishing secondary market for these toys – a result, in part, of the way the company releases limited-edition toys and “retires” favourites.

According to the Gloucestershire Constabulary website, a prolific shoplifter who targeted businesses across Cheltenham has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Emily Dixon entered Marks and Spencer as a trespasser on two occasions, and stole hundreds of pounds worth of meat, despite having had a banning order imposed.

According to the Mail Online website, two Romanian crime tourists who struck at jewellers around Europe have been jailed after they were caught in the UK.

The corrupt couple, Vadar-Ghimes and Zinca Agafitei, took ten gold chains worth £15,000 from a jeweller’s in Norfolk and another £48,000 from other locations.