Category Archives: Shoplifting

A trader plagued by thieves is launching an online petition – to have the word ‘shoplifting’ banned, according to Cambridge News. Neil Mackay, who has had electrical equipment and other stock stolen from his shop, believes the crime is not taken seriously enough.

He is calling on organisations and individuals to stop using the word ‘shoplifting’, and subsititute ‘shop theft’ instead.

According to the Mirror, a primary school teacher who was being hunted by Asda for her prolific shoplifting has been caught after appearing on TV’s Come Dine With Me.

Supermarket staff at her local Asda branch spotted Sophie Hunter-Brown in a re-run of the popular Channel 4 show.

Shocking news from the Retail Times, as it reveals that UK retailers lost more than £800 million to shoplifting in 2014.

Small and high resale value items, were again among the most stolen, with fashion accessories, power tools, mobile device accessories, wine and spirits, and razor blades top of shoplifters’ ‘wishlists’.

The Mail reports that a former Israeli basketball star accused of stealing designer bags worth more than £30,000 from Harrods told a court he was so rich that he didn’t need to steal.

Dov Herman, is accused of taking a £2,800 Christian Dior, a £17,000 Prada and a £11,890 Yves Saint Laurent bag in three separate trips to the high-end London store.

According to Mail Online, Wiltshire Police officers will no longer attend shoplifting crime scenes in Swindon, as part of a money-saving scheme.

Instead, shop owners will be asked to take down details of any offenders, submit any CCTV footage and file their own statements to the police.

In Teesside, Gazette Live reports that a holidaymaker went on a shoplifting spree when his spending money ran out.

Lee Heane was staying at a caravan park for a summer holiday and went on a day of shoplifting, stealing items worth hundreds of pounds, including jewellery, Gucci and Ray-Ban sunglasses from high street stores