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A serial shoplifter has been jailed for committing a string of offences across Dudley, which saw him steal around £2,000 worth of items. Ian Waterworth, of Union Street, Stourbridge, pleaded guilty to 11 counts of theft from a shop at Wolverhampton Magistrates’ Court last Thursday (25 January). The 35-year-old was sentenced to six months and one…
A prolific shoplifter who repeatedly targeted a Coventry convenience store despite being banned from entering has been jailed. Devon Price carried out seven shop thefts – and attempted another – inside a week even though she was on a suspended prison sentence for three similar offences at the time.
West Midlands Police have charged a man with assault following claims he spat and coughed at shop staff in Stetchford while shouting “I’ve got coronavirus”. Police officers were called to the B&M store located at Stechford Retail Park at 3.45pm on Wednesday 25th March 2020 after reports that a suspected shoplifter had been detained in…