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
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.
Till operators and shelf stackers at the discount chain report being bombarded with verbal abuse, physically threatened and even spat at, so bosses have stepped into help
Twelve top firms were approached for a police pilot scheme and asked to provide images of their worst offenders - and within 60 seconds, it generates a match report for an officer
The toughened glass screens, which fully enclose the staff side of the till and stand above head-height, have already been installed at more than 110 branches