Category Archives: Shoplifting

A professional shoplifter who was addicted to shoplifting – and made £10,000 selling stolen goods on eBay – says she is glad she was caught.
The Hull Daily Mail reports that Kristina Roberts would visit Hull city centre five days a week to steal items from shops to sell online.

Merseyside Police are cracking down on shoplifters and the people who buy their stolen goods.
Inspector Joanne Preston said, “People who buy goods they suspect are stolen are committing a criminal offence. Shoplifters only do what they do because there is a market to sell to.”

Retailers are increasingly giving lifetime bans to shoplifters and using private companies to sue them, notes the She Said blog in the Observer. Shoplifting is at its highest level in four years and rose by 6% in 2013, according to recent figures released by the Office for National Statistics. The British Retail Consortium estimates that …

A persistent shoplifter from Mansfield has been given a two-year antisocial behaviour order, according to the Nottingham Post. Over the last 13 years, Shirley Storer, 32, of Grove Road, Church Warsop, has posed a problem for shop workers in the centre and surrounding retail parks due to her persistent thieving and aggressive behaviour. For the …

The Coventry Telegraph reports that, unlike almost every other crime in Coventry, shoplifting in the city centre is on the up. Shoplifting at city’s West Orchard centre has remained fairly constant in the last few years, despite a rise nationally. One of the reasons for that is the high definition CCTV cameras set up in …

The Guardian reports that according to latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, shoplifting is up 6% on average, year on year. Across England and Wales, police recorded 317,027 shoplifting offences in 2013, with 34 of the 43 force areas recording an increase compared with the previous year. The 2013 Commercial Victimisation Survey (CVS) …