Category Archives: Shoplifting

The Gloucestershire Live website reports that a branch of Waitrose in Stroud has resorted to stationing security guards at the main entrance of the store in a bid to combat shoplifters.

A county crime expert said that while he could not comment specifically on Waitrose’s move, certain items are targeted by shoplifters because of their high value, relatively small size, and the ease with which they can be passed on.

According to The Telegraph, police in a Berkshire town have said they will not send out officers to deal with shoplifters who steal goods worth less than £100.

Thames Valley Police officers told residents of Hungerford that austerity cuts meant the response to crimes would now need to be prioritised.

A story in The Mirror gives details of how a Co-op store in Plymouth is hiding expensive steak from customers in a bid to thwart shoplifters.

A sign on the empty shelf blamed ‘deviants’ who keep stealing the choice meat from the busy Co-op branch, taking so much there was little left for genuine customers.

The Liverpool Echo reports that Two shoplifters have been banned from every store in Merseyside and told not to enter Liverpool city centre after carrying out a string of thefts.

Gemma Price and Jonathan Cody have been given two-year Criminal Behaviour Orders which state they must not enter a large, pre-defined area.

Some cheering news on the This Is Money website, as it reports that reducing store thefts helped the UK arm of Whole Foods Market make a profit for its second consecutive year.

The upmarket American health food supermarket said its profit increased in relation to turnover, ‘primarily reflecting improved shrink’

As reported in The Scottish Sun, shamed ex-Hibs star Garry O’Connor pleaded guilty to shoplifting in Harvey Nichols in Edinburgh.

The former Scotland star has been ordered to pay a fine of £200 and an additional £700 in compensation for stealing items of clothing at the store last year.