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A Romanian national has been barred from entering any Tesco stores after trying to steal vodka from a branch of the supermarket chain in Beckton.

According to the reported story, Alexandru Carstina tried to steal the items so he could sell them on and send money back to his family who are struggling in Romania.

Police in South Derbyshire are set to launch a crackdown on shoplifting in the run-up to the festive season.

Business owners and staff members will be offered top tips on how to ‘spot a shoplifter’ as well as being given advice on how to deal with someone who has stolen something.

According to a story in the Hull Daily Mail, an employee who stole £90,000 from a Hull motor parts company was spared jail after promising to pay the firm back.

Waterloo Motor Trade Ltd. offered customers a ‘no quibble’ returns policy that was exploited by David Peters, 43, by filing false returns at the firm.

A judge has condemned a shoplifting family who stole designer clothes and sold them online.

According to the York Press, Dawn Bainbridge and her two daughters stole clothes from high street stores over a four-month period and sold them via Facebook for more than £7,000.

A postman who stole the contents of customers’ mail and then advertised them for sale on ebay has been warned he could be sent to jail.

Mark Cozens even altered a tax disc and displayed it in his own car, magistrates heard.

Cozens was suspected of theft but there was no concrete evidence against him.

An item from north of the border, as the Herald Scotland reports that a businessman has lost his fight to stop the authorities seizing his ill-gotten gains.

The man has been ordered to hand over cash and property after losing his appeal against an order made under the Proceeds of Crime Act.