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The Leamington Spa Courier reports that a Warwickshire County Council employee doubled her salary for more than two years by submitting bogus overtime claim forms.

Samantha Owen even went in when she was off sick to fill out the forms, and stole almost £50,000 from the council.

According to The Sun, a thief gained 18,000 fans on Instagram by posting videos of himself shoplifting.

In one video, the man calmly enters an Iceland store before he quickly snatches a huge box of what looks like Diet Coke, and darts out of the store.

According to Wales Online, a pair of employees betrayed the trust of the company they worked for by stealing more than £30,000 worth of stock.

Robert Curry and Craig Rattenbury stole items including tuna, sweetcorn and chocolate worth £30,320 over an 18-month period.

The Chester Chronicle reports that a man who sold fake Pandora charms online has been given a 12 month jail sentence.

Tony McKeating was the subject of an investigation by Chester Trading Standards into the sale of counterfeit Pandora jewellery being sold on an online auction site.

Tayside’s top police officer revealed a 23% increase of shoplifting offences in Angus and blamed the rise on increasing poverty.

Chief Superintendent Paul Anderson said: “Food and alcohol are the most commonly stolen items and there is an indication that this increase correlates with increasing levels of poverty.”

A pair of ‘modern day Fagins’ ran a team of shoplifters targeting retail shops in Birmingham and then sold the stolen items on eBay.

Partners Nicola Wilcox and David Carroll took a huge bounty of stock from a six-strong group of thieves and are estimated to have made more than £40,000 over two years.