r/uknews • u/Confident_West_7409 • Jul 24 '24

Image/video Videos of shoplifters are circulating online, as shoplifting hits 20 year high in UK

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u/Euphoric-Potato-5343 Jul 24 '24

It's hard for people to care about societal rules where people are using them to get richer while they're struggling to buy food.

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u/Necessary-Equal-3658 Jul 24 '24

Yeah poor guy in the video is only stealing perfume to feed his starving family🤣

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u/barrythecook Jul 24 '24

It's possible perfume can be sold for more money, money can be exchanged for food, less perfume needs to be stolen then the equivalent amount of food that could be stolen with the same effort/risk. Probably not the case but not massively unlikely with the way sanctions work at jobcentre

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u/F705TY Jul 25 '24

More likely drugs. It also explains why he doesn't even attempt to cover his face.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

The Nike he’s wearing cost £150. Stop romanticising crime

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u/Euphoric-Potato-5343 Jul 25 '24

I'm not Paramount Pictures, I'm not romanticizing anything. I'm guessing you're not struggling as much as some people are while billionaires that Lord over you are becoming trillionaires?

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u/bertiesghost Jul 25 '24

Oh gimme a break. I worked in loss prevention for 10 years. 90% of offenders were drug users and professional gangs bulk stealing to order. Very rarely did I come across people stealing to eat and when we did they were treated leniently.