Some shops here have the cctv images of shoplifters put up for people to see.
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On Friday DD was walking down to our local Co-op. Picture pretty village, very Miss Marple, timber frame houses, tree lined green. As DD reaches, quite small Co-op, she sees two cars parked outside, nothing unusual about that, when a man runs out of the shop with a carrier bag, jumps into the first car, and the driver, described as a large older women (which one of you was it? Confess
) immediately revved up cut into the traffic and speeded off, at which point one of the staff rushed out of the store, saying 'He has stolen all our smoked salmon!'
A lady who had been standing beside him at the cool cabinet when he loaded his bag with smoked salmon, and some steaks, not knowing he didn't intend to pay, said he turned to her and said 'I love smoked salmon.
It was what happened then that was the biggest shock. Someone asked whether the police had been rung and the staff member said 'No point, they only investigate if £200 worth of goods has been stolen. She then said that this type of grab and run food theft happens several times a week, as with this case, high value food, not basic necessities and they have given one of the worst culprits a name!
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