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According to the Ipswich Star website, a lorry driver sold £3,000-worth of stolen ratchet straps – which are used to secure loads on heavy goods vehicles – on eBay.

Slawomir Lobocki – who has been given a suspended jail term – was caught out after a transport company noticed its straps were being sold online and arranged for a test purchase to be made from him.

The Chronicle Live website reports that Tesco has put security barriers on the alcohol aisle on one of its stores as a trial to prevent shoplifting.

The barriers completely block off the booze section of a Tesco Extra in Sutton Coldfield, as the store has shoplifting problems during the night, when less staff are available.

According to the Liverpool Echo website, three shop workers stole thousands of pounds from their employer as they systematically voided or cancelled transactions.

Joanna Coughlan, Paige Walsh and Jane Smith each stole more than £1,000 from a branch of the McColl’s convenience store in Southport.

The Sun website reports that a sales manager stole £90,000 from his boss but was spared jail after he claimed he needed the cash to feed and clothe his quadruplets.

Matthew Davies secretly sold second-hand vehicles and pocketed the cash, falsifying documents to cover his tracks.

The Chronicle Live website reports that a former bank worker has admitted stealing more than £1.3m from her employers.

Laura Matthews transferred a total of £1,309,719.67p into her own account, over a six-year period whilst working for Virgin Money.

As reported on the Liverpool Echo website, Robert Adamson swindled his employer out of more than £34,000 over two months, in order to meet his cocaine debts.

A court heard that Adamson had turned to crime after his dealers made serious threats and his car was smashed up outside his home.