All news on the topic: Shoplifting

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Shoplifting epidemic sees record number of thefts as ministers 'sit on hands'
Figures show there were more than 400,000 shoplifting cases in England and Wales last year, with retail chiefs demanding tougher action to tackle worrying crimewave
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Shops forced to put security tags on pet food as thieving epidemic worsens
Supermarket chains including Sainsbury's and Teso have been spotted putting security tags on grub for pets while experts warn the UK is in the middle of a shoplifting epidemic
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'Fed up' supermarket owner names and shames shoplifters in viral TikToks
Danny Khan, who runs Mr Khan's Authentic Jamaican Food Store with his dad in Winson Green, Birmingham, installed 40 CCTV cameras and has begun naming and shaming shoplifters on social media
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'Horrified' woman grabbed by police while trying to return M&S gifts
Roxana Shirazi says the 'mistake' led to her being grabbed by multiple police officers and falsely accused of stealing in the middle of a busy street in Bristol
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Retired cop 'furious' after being handed £130 fine for chasing shoplifter in car
Retired copper Norman Brennan has been fined £130 for chasing down a shoplifter and aiding police in their hunt for the man who lifted nine bottles of wine from a Sainsbury's store
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Co-op locks up £1.25 Galaxy chocolate bars inside security cases
The clear cases, normally used for items like razors, alcohol or electricals, were seen protecting chocolate on shelves at the Co-op on Milton Road, Cambridge
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Moment UK's 'most prolific shoplifting couple' steal Irish Cream liqueur at Aldi
Lovers Scott McSpadden and Tanya Momot have convictions for more than 60 thefts between them, with their latest ruse seeing four bottles of Irish Country Cream Liqueur pinched from Aldi
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Fury over 200,000 unsolved shoplifting cases as Tories 'let gangs off the hook'
Analysis of Home Office figures reveal that over 500 shoplifting cases a day were closed without a suspect being identified in England and Wales last year, amid growing pressure to tackle criminal gangs
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Shoplifters 'most likely to benefit' from Tory bid to free up prison cells
Ahead of the Boxing Day sales, analysis of Government figures shows more than one in eight offenders who will be spared jail under Tory reforms committed theft from shops
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Target store security appear to hunt 'suspect' around shop in 'creepy' TikTok
A TikToker listened in to Target’s Asset Protection team as they followed a suspect around the store who they believed was stealing their products - and viewers were left disturbed by what they heard
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Inside the fight against 'brazen' shoplifting scourge blighting our streets
With a rising tide of shoplifting costing British shop owners almost £1billion a year, business leaders are warning that thieves are growing more confident than ever. The Mirror investigates.
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'Broken Britain' of lost services revealed - how does your area fare?
Four years after the Conservative Party promised to "level up" Britain's forgotten communities, the New Britain Project's Broken Britain Index paints a stark picture of deepening regional inequalities
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Baby-voiced Jon Venables describes James Bulger murder in harrowing recording
Jon Venables and Robert Thompson took toddler James Bulger from a shopping centre in Liverpool and brutally murdered him before trying to blame each other for their sick crimes
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Hundreds of women and kids trafficked to UK to shoplift for organised gangs
Retailers Against Crime has identified 56 shoplifting groups, all being used to fund organised crime with links to drugs, firearms and human trafficking - with the Mirror calling for urgent action
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Mum dumped in cupboard after being tortured, starved and beaten to death by trio
Shakira Spencer, 35, died after falling under the influence of her former neighbour Ashana Studholme, 38, her lover Shaun Pendlebury, 26, and their friend Lisa Richardson, 44
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'Sexy Sarah' who beat up two prison officers in latest attack escapes jail
Sarah Jagger, from Manchester, who calls herself Sexy Sarah has a 16-year record of assaults and beat up two prison officers in her latest attack but escaped jail
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Self checkouts could soon be gone as experts cite threat that may see abrupt end
The retail industry is rethinking self-checkout counters says a new report from experts, who say that continued theft is an issue - and their customers generally prefer to have someone else ring up their carts
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Shoplifting isn't rudest thing customers do at clothing stores, say staff
Shop staff face all sorts of unacceptable behaviours from customers but still have to act professionally and here are some of the worst things the public do
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Moment women fake using Asda self-service tills and leave with £300 of Lego
Yasmin Leech and Shakita Maximilian grabbed boxes of Lego from an Asda store and were seen on CCTV walking out of the shop in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, before being jailed for the shoplifting spree
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Psychopath Life Coach Lewis Raymond Taylor's rise from thug to mogul millionaire
The Psychopath Life Coach has landed on Netflix and at the heart of the documentary is the incredible tale of how Lewis Raymond Taylor seemingly turned his life around
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'I eat food at supermarket before paying for it but I'm not sure if it's legal'
An argument about whether it’s illegal or not to eat unpurchased supermarket food has divided shoppers, as some supermarkets say 'it’s considered 'grazing' while others 'frown upon it'
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Faulty checkouts to blame for rise in shoplifting, M&S chief warns
Shoplifting has become a global problem due to self check-out tills not scanning products, making it tempting for customers to walk away without paying as they think 'It’s not my fault, I’m owed it'
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Criminology lecturer stole '£500 of steak and wine from Marks and Spencer'
Pauline Al Said, who is formerly a senior lecturer in criminology at Bath Spa University, "acted dishonestly," jurors at Winchester Crown Court were told this week
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Shoplifter stole trolley of goods to feed kids and fund £60 heroin addiction
Martin Whitmore began his shoplifting spree at an Iceland store, where he filled a trolley full of items worth £100 left without paying and later admitted to police that he was funding a drug habit
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Almost half of shop staff fear they may quit after sickening rise in abuse
A new probe revealed 41% of shop staff are abused, threatened or assaulted every week - up from 34% last year - with 42% considering quitting