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According to the Argus website, a greedy bookkeeper who stole from her employers to fund luxury holidays, jaunts, and handbags has been told to pay back the cash.

Lynne Boakes – serving a prison sentence for stealing more than £100,000 from her employer – paid herself a higher salary and created fake invoices.

The Metro website reports that Great British Bake Off winner Frances Quinn has reportedly been banned from Waitrose after accusations of shoplifting.

Quinn was reportedly stopped by undercover store detectives at a branch of the posh supermarket in Market Harborough, Leicestershire.

The Derbyshire Live website reports that a middle-aged man stole £129 of Pokémon products from his local branch of Tesco.

A court heard that Craig Brooks entered the supermarket in Long Eaton and left having failed to pay for the popular collectable cards.

The Morning Advertiser website reports that an accounts worker stole over £400,000 from her employer, where she had worked for more 40 years.

Lesley Freestone, who worked at the Cornwall-based St. Austell brewery, duplicated invoices and processed payments into her own account over a period of nine years.

The Coventry Live website reports that a thief who stole alcohol on three occasions from the same store in Warwick has been banned from every Sainsbury’s in the UK.

Kelly Toolan is not allowed to enter any Sainsbury’s store in the UK until April 2022 after a shoplifting spree this year which netted her £350-worth of booze.

As reported on the Leeds Live website, a British Gas worker defrauded his employer out of £11,000 to pay for his friends to go on holiday.

Tony Clamp’s fraud was discovered after a manager noticed multiple refunds had been sent to accounts linked to his grandmother.