Police Told To Prosecute Shoplifters

Wednesday, 8th July 2020 at 7:48pm

According to The Sun website, the Government is to tell cops to prosecute shoplifters stealing under £200 worth of goods after retailers complained that smaller thefts are ignored by police.

A Home Office report found that 70% of retailers rated the police response to shop crime as “poor” or “very poor”.

The policing minister, Kit Malthouse, is to write to chief constables and police commissioners stating that the theft of goods up to £200 from a shop, “should be a prosecuted as a criminal offence.”

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