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Shoplifting is at "unacceptable" levels and not being tackled properly, a Lords inquiry has found. ... "We are taking immediate action through our commitment to scrap the £200 shop theft ...
Case law created at a later date touches on the ability to impliedly repeal parts of the Bill of Rights. In Thoburn v Sunderland City Council , Lord Justice Laws, ruled that constitutional statutes could not be impliedly repealed ("Ordinary statutes may be impliedly repealed.
Faced with what he describes as a "relentless" onslaught of shoplifting incidents, shopkeeper Martin Gaunt says he has carried out more than 50 citizen's arrests in the last two years ...
The law of England and Wales recognises that, so far as possible, mentally ill defenders should not receive punitive sentences, however, they should receive treatment. The courts have a wide array of power available to them, in addition to the ordinary sentences which can be passed, there are special provisions aimed at treating mentally ill ...
Shoplifting (also known as shop theft, retail theft, or retail fraud) is the theft of goods from a retail establishment during business hours. The terms shoplifting and shoplifter are not usually defined in law, and generally fall under larceny .
The Co-operative Group has laid bare the rising impact of shoplifting as it said the cost of crime in its stores surged by nearly a fifth to £40 million in the first half of the year alone.
The Theft Act 1978 [1] (c. 31) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It supplemented the earlier deception offences contained in sections 15 and 16 of the Theft Act 1968 by reforming some aspects of those offences and adding new provisions.
A 47-year-old man who stole cosmetics and perfumes worth £25,000 from Boots stores in three towns has been jailed for two years. Ionel Elvis Dulea, of Stephenson Street, Gateshead, stole the ...