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According to the Derbyshire Times, a desperate husband stole goods from his employer’s work site to help cover the costs of his wife’s IVF treatment.

David Lenthall admitted he had been selling tubes of automotive sealant on eBay for about 18 months because he was suffering with financial difficulties.

According to the BBC News website, a Fermanagh police officer has gone on trial charged with shoplifting.

Linda Totten has been charged with theft of £156.81 of goods from an Asda store on Christmas Eve 2013, and items of an unknown value four days earlier.

According to the Eastern Daily Press, a couple have admitted in court to claiming thousands through false refunds.

Richard Foreman and Tara Foreman claimed refunds on items they did not buy to a value of £5,164.80 between September and December 2016.

A story in the County Gazette gives details of a bogus vet who lied his way into a job at a Taunton practice and was employed there for almost two years before being discovered.

Patrick Keniry, who has several previous convictions for similar offences, admitted faking his CV to get work at Priory Veterinary Practice and even stole the name of a qualified vet to get the job.

The Sun reports that changes to the way victims’ reports of a crime are assessed are expected to see 150,000 fewer offences being investigated each year.

New guidelines include a directive that crimes involving a loss of under £50 should not be investigated unless there is an identified suspect.

According to The Sun, a department store worker stole £3,000 worth of designer clothes and sold them on the black market to fund his drug habit.

Jake Coxon was caught after suspicious managers installed spy cameras in the stockroom of the Manchester branch of Selfridges.