theft

Car theft has risen by 50% in five years – keep your vehicle safe

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Car theft has risen by 50% in five years, with criminals using high-tech gadgets to steal keyless vehicles: ‘It took me 6 seconds to break into a £65,000 Range Rover – here’s how to keep yours safe’ By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:59 BST, 15 August 2020 | Updated: 21:59 BST, 15 … Read more

Cleaner, 47, appears in court over Tamara Ecclestone theft

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A cleaner caught with £300,000 earrings stolen after a raid on Tamara Ecclestone’s home insisted today she has no idea who two of her co-defendants are. Maria Mester, 47, was allegedly wearing the jewellery when she was held after arriving at Stansted airport on January 31, travelling from Italy where she lives. The raid happened … Read more

Black family arrested at gunpoint as cops suspected car theft

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A black family traveling in an SUV with children aged six to 17, were detained and handcuffed at gunpoint after police mistakenly thought their vehicle was stolen.  Bystander footage has emerged on social media showing the moment Aurora Police  officers in Colorado arrested a driver and a group of young girls in the parking lot … Read more

Lockdown puppies sparked a cut-throat canine market of rocketing rates and outright theft

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Lockdown, as we all know, has had its stressful and unseemly moments: brawls in the supermarkets, face-offs in the pharmacies. In short, it’s been a dog-eat-dog world out there. And nowhere has that phrase had a sharper resonance than in the market for puppies.  As thousands of people have been desperate to get a canine … Read more

Police arrest seventh suspect in £5m golden toilet theft probe

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Police flush out seventh suspect as they make fresh arrest over theft of £5m solid gold toilet from Blenheim Palace Thames Valley Police arrested a 44-year-old man in Kent on Thursday, June 18 He was questioned by officers before being released under investigation  Five men and one woman had previously been arrested by investigating officers … Read more

Man killed himself after Post Office wrongly accused him of theft

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Martin Griffiths, 59, took his own life in 2013 after he was falsely suspected of stealing money from a Post Office in Ellesmere Port The family of a postmaster who killed himself after being wrongly suspected of theft have demanded Post Office bosses are held accountable.  Father-of-two Martin Griffiths, 59, took his own life in … Read more

Thousands of prosecutions for drug offences, theft and criminal damage ‘will be dropped’

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Thousands of prosecutions for drug offences, theft and criminal damage ‘will be dropped as police try and clear backlog of court cases caused by coronavirus’ Police officers are being asked to utilise out of court measures rather than court Sara Glen, of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, said forces should review cases It comes amid … Read more

Oxford professor arrested over theft of ‘priceless’ bible fragments which were sold to US museum

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Oxford classics professor, 63, is arrested over theft of ‘priceless’ papyrus bible fragments ‘stolen from university library collection and sold to US museum’ Dr Dirk Obbink, 63, was arrested last month on suspicion of theft and fraud 13 papyrus bible fragments were stolen from Oxford University’s Sackler Library The associate professor of papyrology and Greek … Read more

Meat theft gang jailed for terrorising farmers by slaughtering flocks of sheep including nine pets

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Three members of a meat theft gang who terrorised farmers by slaughtering flocks of sheep in their fields have been given ‘deterrent’ jail sentences. Northampton Crown Court heard how the three Romanian men, who lived at the same address in Birmingham, took part in a four-month spree of ‘brutal and gruesome’ sheep killings in Northamptonshire … Read more