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According to the BBC News website, a convicted murderer who was given a retail management role to assist her rehabilitation, stole £17,000 from the business.

Alison Ramsay was nearing the end of her sentence at a women’s prison when she was given a role at Shared Earth as part of an offender programme.

The Guardian website has published an article that looks at the UK’s shoplifting epidemic and asks whether anything can be done to stop it.

The Co-op alone recorded 330,000 incidents of shoplifting, abuse, violence and antisocial behaviour in its 2,500+ stores across the UK in 2023.

The Sun website reports that a police officer was shopped by his ex-wife over his “bare-faced lies” that he served in the Navy during the Falklands War.
Chief Constable Nick Adderley wore a bogus South Atlantic Medal awarded to those who served in the conflict – even though he was a 15-year-old sea cadet at the time.

The Independent website reports that one in ten independent shops lost more than £10,000 to shoplifting in the last two years.

And, according to the Federation of Small Businesses, even pound shops are having to install new security measures to head off losses in the thousands.

The Coventry Telegraph website reports that police raided a Coventry shop which was reported to be selling stolen goods.

Officers discovered a large amount of stolen coffee, deodorant, medicine, chocolate and washing powder, with Cadbury, Fairy, Colgate and Mars just some of the big-name brands found at the shop.

According to the Mail Online website, blocks of Cathedral City cheddar cheese, costing just £3.85, have become the latest target for shoplifters.

A customer at a Tesco Express in North London spotted a block of the lightly mature cheddar locked away in a security box.