Category Archives: Shoplifting

An opinion piece in Sheffield’s The Star reaffirms the scale of shoplifting and states that, like the vast majority of crime, the crime is a selfish act which benefits the thief and punishes the rest of us. Shoplifters in the area committed 10,345 offences last year, new figures reveal.

Metro has a report of an idiotic shoplifter who was caught after stealing more than £100 of goods from Tesco while wearing a Manchester United shirt with his own name printed on the back.

Paul Robert Benson was caught on CCTV stealing £104.54 worth of produce from a Tesco supermarket in Belfast.

But he clearly forgot he was wearing a Manchester United shirt with ‘Benson 22′ printed on the back of it.

A man has been found guilty of shoplifting meat and wine worth £200 from a Tesco store, despite the fact he is a multimillionaire company director.

Ronan Ghosh was caught on the supermarket’s CCTV stashing goods in a bag. His Birmingham-based recycling company turns over £16million per year.

The Telegraph reports that police found more than 1,300 pieces of stolen clothing, bags and shoes in a grandmother’s property in Norfolk.

Christine Carriage had filled her garden, garage, cupboards, bedroom and dining room and an eight-foot clothing rail was packed so full it had bent out of shape.

According to The Telegraph, a Romanian criminal was caught shoplifting twice – during his first four days of arrival in the UK.

Coventry magistrates heard Andrei Alexandru Burnei wasted no time in stealing when he arrived in Britain on March 9 as he was arrested on the same day.

The Oxford Times reports that a mother who went on a £1,200 shoplifting spree with three other women has been jailed for three months.

Charlotte Connors, 21, was involved in four thefts in one day whilst already serving a suspended sentence for a proceeds of crime offence.