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The Mail Online website reports that a Romanian ‘professional’ shoplifter who stole goods worth over £3,500 has been pared jail as she is ‘struggling’ financially.

During a 100-mile thieving spree, Manuela Dinu hit stores in Northamptonshire, Cheshire and Leicestershire, along with up to two male accomplices.

The BBC News website reports that owners of independent shops in Norwich city centre have said there is “very little” they can do about shoplifting.

Bookshop owner Leanne Fridd, said shoplifting has put up the cost of insurance, adding: “It really does have an impact on us, especially as a family business.”

According to the City Of London Police website, a haul of 2,361 counterfeit watches has been seized by police during raids in Leeds.

Jeremy Smith sold the watches from an eBay account and two websites but at a court hearing there was no evidence to suggest that he knew they were fake.

The Mail Online website reports that a restaurant manager who stole £21,610 from the till has been spared jail after claiming he gave half the money to staff.

Mario D’Agostino exploited a customer loyalty scheme to skim money, when bosses of the luxury eatery chain began taking a share of workers’ tips.

As reported on the BBC News website, a shoplifter who stole 798 Cadbury’s Creme Eggs has been jailed for eight months.

Layton Richards, from Portsmouth, targeted 19 shops across Hampshire, Dorset and West Sussex, and took £3,463.96 worth of produce and products.

The ITV News website reports that a general manager who stole £240,000 worth of stock, admitted his crime in a text message.

Craig Williams fraudulently sold his employer’s stock and tried to cover his tracks by providing inaccurate stock takes and deliberately mismanaging the company’s records.