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As police report an increase in high value thefts, Kent Online reports that a serial shoplifter has been banned from entering more than 100 stores in Swale.

Peter Beale, of Sittingbourne, was found guilty of six cases of shoplifting, including stealing a £99 trampoline from the town’s Asda.

A St Albans teacher who lied to get his job and claimed his family were ill, has been banned from teaching indefinitely.

Nitesh Patel, 37, said that his wife was undergoing heart tests, his son was in hospital and, in applying for the post, had not told the truth about the reason for him leaving previous posts.

A woman made more than £240,000 by selling stolen designer handbags online.

Anna Hindmarsh, 40, was found with a de-tagging magnet during her arrest in Stockport and a further investigation found she had used various eBay accounts to sell more than 1,000 high-value handbags over a four-year period.

An interesting article from the Chartered Management Institute’s website reveals a checklist for the potential interviewer.

Max Eggert, an expert on selection, argues that there are many different types of lies: from White Lies – often found within a CVs ‘puff statement’ – Lies of Omission and Errors of Commission or Fact.

According to Wales Online, a woman made £1,000 a month on eBay selling watches, sunglasses and other goods stolen from Swansea’s Debenhams store by her husband who was a security man there.

A jury has been told that 37-year-old Mari Richards used some of the cash to fund spa treatments in Bath and trips to the Ritz hotel and shopping sprees at Harrods in London.

The Courier reports that an elderly crook admitted being responsible for shoplifting offences over several months along with his 50-year-old daughter.
According to a police source, their appearance was the ‘perfect cover’ as they ‘looked like they were about to set off on a Saga holiday.’