Three jailed for £9m Sainsbury’s potato scam – The Guardian
“Three men have been jailed for a scam in which Sainsbury’s was overcharged by nearly £9m.”
The Guardian, 22nd June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Category: theft
New law ‘to halt scrap metal trade’ after church and memorial thefts
“A new law to stop the trade in scrap metal stolen from churches, war memorials and railways is likely to be introduced by the Coalition.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
PC who stole £4,000 recovered raid cash jailed – The Independent
“A lonely and debt-ridden police constable stole money seized in police raids and used the force computer to contact women after a relationship ended, a court heard today.”
The Independent, 25th May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Drug addict jailed for stealing elderly woman’s wedding ring – The Guardian
“A drug addict who stole the wedding ring from the finger of an 87-year-old woman with cancer has been jailed for 14 years.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lorry driver jailed for crashing fuel tanker into estranged wife’s home – The Independent
“An Army veteran who crashed a tanker laden with 2,000 litres of fuel into his estranged wife’s home in an attempt to destroy it has been jailed for seven years.”
The Independent, 30th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Ex-UDM leader Neil Greatrex jailed for charity theft – The Independent
” A former leader of the Union of Democratic Mineworkers has been jailed for four years for stealing almost £150,000 from a charity which cared for elderly miners.”
The Independent, 27th April 2012
Source: www.indepndent.co.uk
Miners’ leader guilty of stealing £150,000 from union care home – The Guardian
“A miners’ leader once feted for opposing Arthur Scargill has been convicted for stealing nearly £150,000 from his own union’s charity.”
The Guardian, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Susan England banned from state schools by General Teaching Council – BBC News
“A former deputy head has been banned from state schools after stealing £13,000 from an after-school club.”
BBC News, 29th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
British American Tobacco Switzerland SA and others v Exel Europe Ltd and others; British American Tobacco Denmark A/S and others v Exel Europe Ltd and another – WLR Daily
“Article 31.1 of the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road, set out in the Schedule to the Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965, restricted the courts where an action could be brought against a defendant, and the fact that the English court had jurisdiction under article 31.1 to entertain an action against one of a series of carriers of the same goods did not enable successive carriers of those goods, in respect of whom the court did not otherwise have jurisdiction under article 31.1, to be joined in the same proceedings.”
WLR Daily, 23rd March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Lawyer jailed for £51,000 OAP fraud – The Independent
“A solicitor was today jailed for 26 months after stealing more than £51,000 from an elderly dementia sufferer who treated him like a son.”
The Independent, 23rd March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Headteacher Andrew Wilkie jailed for £53k theft from school – BBC News
“A headteacher has been jailed for 16 months after stealing more than £53,000 from his school to fund a gambling addiction. Andrew Wilkie, 41, admitted two charges of theft from Southdown Primary School in Buckley, Flintshire, after losing his life savings on online poker sites.”
BBC News, 2nd March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Thief stole laptop after apologising to victim – Daily Telegraph
Months earlier Ivan Barker, 21, had stolen a laptop and cigarettes from wheelchair-bound Jean Jacque Mathely. So when he called round to say ‘sorry’ his victim was naturally guarded, but let him in after he said police suggested he should face up to his offending. But once inside, rather than apologise to the man he had wronged, he made off with Mr Mathley’s new laptop. Now Barker, who sold the stolen goods to pay for booze, has finally been jailed for 16 weeks after pleading guilty to theft.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Israeli fraudster fights UK attempt to seize assets – The Independent
“A jailed lawyer who defrauded Holocaust survivors out of tens of millions of pounds will ask the Supreme Court tomorrow to block an attempt by British police to seize his multimillion-pound assets. In a landmark case, the convicted fraudster Israel Perry is claiming the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (Soca) has no powers to confiscate his luxury homes and valuable art collection in the UK and elsewhere in the world.”
The Independent, 18th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man jailed for father death fraud – The Independent
“A man who did not report the death of his father for nearly five months and claimed his benefit payments has been jailed for three years.”
The Independent, 14th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Moet Hennessy manager stole £75,000 of champagne – Daily Telegraph
“Romain Brunot, 30, syphoned off 400 bottles of vintage Krug and 400 bottles of Belvedere vodka, including 28 six litre bottles, over a four year period from Moet Hennessey.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ex-care workers jailed for thefts – The Independent
“Two former care home workers who ‘fleeced’ vulnerable patients of tens of thousands of pounds were jailed today.”
The Independent, 20th February 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Stalker Al Amin Dhalla guilty of loaded crossbow charge – BBC News
“A former City worker convicted of stalking his former fiancee has been found guilty of possessing a loaded crossbow near her workplace.”
BBC News, 15th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Government acts against metal thieves – Home Office
“Cash payments for scrap metal will be banned and penalties increased, the Home Secretary Theresa May announced today, as the government stepped up action against the growing menace of metal theft.”
Home Office, 26th January 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Vicar jailed after dozens of sham marriages – The Independent
“A Church of England vicar was jailed for two and a half years today after carrying out dozens of sham marriages allowing illegal immigrants to live in the UK.”
The Independent, 26th January 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
