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According to the Manchester Evening News website, a woman who stole almost £1million from her employer told police that her life of luxury – funded by stolen cash – had helped make her ‘feel better’.

Amanda Rees, an admin manager at a manufacturing firm, siphoned off money totalling £980,673 into her personal bank account.

The Staffordshire Live website reports that a bottle of orange squash and 11 jars of coffee were among the bizarre items selected by a thief during a shoplifting spree around Uttoxeter.

Andrew Sharpin also took bottles of washing-up liquid and Aptimel baby milk, £75-worth of chocolates, Persil and wine mainly over a three-day period.

The Belfast Telegraph website reports that a woman stole from her community group employers to fund her “compulsive shopping disorder”.

Grandmother Judith Hamilton stole just under £19,000 in little over a year, by using the company bank card for her personal expenditure.

According to the Lancashire Telegraph website, a trusted and well-liked member of staff had been secretly ripping his employers off, as an act of revenge.

Everton Evans spent years using his company fuel card to purchase petrol, drums of which he later gave to others in exchange for goods.

The Leicestershire Live website reports that a dentist is set to be struck off after stealing more than £15,000 from his employer.

Sundip Singh Nagra admitted to putting money paid by eight patients – in cash, cheques and a bank transfer – into his personal bank account.

The Birmingham Live website reports that a Romanian shoplifting gang travelled up and down the country to steal £4,000 worth of perfume from shops in an organised operation.

A court was told that the gang visited busy shopping venues where they blatantly stole large quantities of expensive scent from large stores.