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The Grimsby Live website reports that a pre-school group treasurer stole more than £18,400 in a breach of trust to help fund a spiralling gambling problem.

Kathyrn Dennis’s “despicable” fraud saw her pretend that the charitable organisation’s bank account had been repeatedly hacked in a bid to “cover her tracks”.

The Manchester Evening News website reports that a violent shoplifter kicked the head of security guard ‘like a football’ after being caught stealing vodka in a branch of Asda.

Daniel Wardle – jailed for two years – punched the guard to the ground, kicked his head and then ran away as the man lay unconscious with a broken jaw.

The News & Star website reports that a man who stole almost £107,000 from a Longtown hotel where he was the manager must hand over nearly £74,000 in compensation.

Stewart McIntosh, blamed his offending on a “crippling” and long-term addiction to gambling.

According to the Derbyshire Live website, a man has been jailed for over a year following a three-month shoplifting spree, which included a haul of 16 bottles of self-tan lotion.

Leeroy Simpson also stole beef steaks and boxes of washing powder in a series of thefts he committed between February 16 and May 1.

According to the Stroud News & Journal website, a thief travelled to Stroud and Swindon in breach of lockdown rules to go on a shoplifting spree.

Andrei-Niscusor Dogaru had two rucksacks and a magnetic de-tagger and stole a large quantity of spirits, ink cartridges, razors and electric items valued between £2,700 and £3,000.

The Wirral Globe website reports that a man stole £30,000-worth of PPE from his employers and sold it on eBay – at a time when desperate medics were appealing for such equipment.

Gary Edwards’ thefts spanned two-and-a-half years, continuing during the Covid-19 pandemic, and he sold items at grossly inflated prices online.