A shopkeeper who pulled a dictator Thief The man said back at his store Punishment wrong send Signal For others Potential criminal,
The shoplifter carelessly opened a can of foster’s beer as he went out of the core facility Durham Without paying for £ 10 crate of the leg.
But he was stopped by the store owner Andrew Board, who caught him and brought him back to the entrance.
Despite the brave functions of Mr. Board, on officials Durham Constable The case was not taken into court after detection of the suspect, which admitted the crime.
Instead they were dealt with through a community resolution, which is often used for minor crimes or anti -social behavior, and is not a criminal punishment.
Under the solution, the culprit returned the money for beer and then banned from entering the shop.
“This is a wrong sign and gives fuel to the problem,” the MR Board said. “A person then knows that they can steal if they want, and if they are caught, they just have to pay for the goods.
“In this case, there was essentially no punishment for attempting to steal goods. He could have gone away without paying, but as I caught him, he was made only to pay for it. No preventive in the legal sense.”
Mr. Board said that he settled many shopkeepers incidents at his store every week.
As a result of the theft, several civilians had to arrest and increase the CCTV system within the shop.
The objects sought for criminals, such as the Lurpack Butter, the 20-Can Pack of the Budwizer and the large bottles of the comfort softner have to be removed from the shelves.
The Sri Board fight with the shopkeepers reflects a national issue, in which the police received a record number for shop theft last year.
But most of the reported offenses do not cause punishment.
Home office data Analyzed by Independent Only 18 percent of shoplifting reports were shown, resulting in a person in England and Wales in 2023/24 accused or called to court.
In more than half (56 percent), the police failed to identify the suspect and the case was demolished.
Last year, England and Wales were sentenced for shoplifting in court, 27 percent were sentenced to a custody.
Mr. Board said that due to the time of time to get a case in court, the criminal’s community resolution for crime was “perhaps the best option to get back the money”.
But he said: “It should not be so. We should withdraw our money quickly, and punish them.”
Last week, Home Secretary Yweet cooper It was announced that additional officials would be deployed on the streets of 500 cities in summer cracks on shoplifting and anti -social behavior.
He said: “Residents and businesses have the right to feel safe in their towns. But the final government abandoned the theft, road crime and increase in anti -social behavior of the shop, which has left many centers in the city.
“This is the time to start this round, that’s why I have invited police forces and councils together to work together to work together to send a clear message to those to give a summer blitz on the Town Center Crime that hurts our cities that their crimes will no longer be uncontrolled.”
A spokesperson of Durham Constabulary said: “We take this kind of insult very seriously and work hard to deal with the issue in our field.
“A major proportion of shoplifting crimes is committed by people with opportunist and drugs or alcohol addictions. That is why, as a force, we should look at a big picture and find out why the person is in the first place and wants to address the underlying reasons for his insult.”
