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Mail Online reports that a shoplifter stole a coat from Primark on her way to court and, with bare-faced cheek, asked security staff to put the tags in the bin.

Darlene Mullen lifted the jacket as she made her way to Perth Sheriff Court to be sentenced on other shoplifting charges.

Gloucestershire Live reports that an accounts manager at an adventure holiday firm defrauded her employers out of nearly £100,000 in a bid to win the ‘affection and love’ of her children and new partner.

When Denise O’Connor resigned in February 2017, the company did not want her to go and threw a leaving party for her, but her successor then discovered a large number of suspicious transactions.

Stoke On Trent Live reports that a health care assistant stole nearly £3,000 from her employer by putting false items through the till and pocketing the cash.

Afshah Mahmood committed the fraud at a branch of Lloyds Pharmacy – just months after she was handed a conditional caution for stealing from the same company.

BBC News carried a story that investigated the world of the shoplifter and found that many of them are not deterred by the sentences that could be received.

A woman named Kelsey was interviewed for the Victoria Derbyshire programme and told producers that “Nine times out of 10, you get away with it, and you’re not bothered about the consequences.”

The Express reports that police are failing to catch the vast majority of burglars, car thieves and shoplifters, with half of shoplifting cases being closed without identifying a suspect.

Business owners fear the alarming statistics will give criminals the ‘green light’ to wreak havoc.

Kent Online reports that a shop worker who stole goods and cash worth £9,000 whilst working at TK Maxx was only caught after an internal investigation.

Jane Stockford took money from tills and refunded clothes she had stolen to gain the funds back.