Category Archives: Shoplifting

Britain’s most prolific shoplifter has been jailed after being caught carrying out his 523rd offence – stealing £111 worth of groceries from Iceland.

Over 45 years of offending, Hankinson targeted high street shops and had even taken his unsuspecting wife on a shoplifting jaunt during a sightseeing coach trip.

The Darlington & Stockton Times gives details of a meat thief who been jailed for a crime spree across North Yorkshire.

By the time Vincent McCormick was finally caught he had committed 18 raids in which he stole items worth several hundred pounds.

A mother conned Asda’s self-service tills by using reduced item stickers on full-price goods, according to The Mirror.

Claire Dunleavy used the cut-price barcode – scanning 22 items of cheap bread – to pay just £15.66 for a trolley load of goods which should have cost her £69.02.

The Hull Daily Mail reports that Sainsbury’s shop assistants are afraid to go into work because of aggressive thieves who hurl violent abuse.
The three men have been stealing alcohol on a daily basis since June 6. They had previously been seen stealing cheese, meat and confectionery.

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.