article_snippet.sent: A teenager had to close A teenager mother’s shop to detain a shoplifter for three hours until police arrived – only for police to let A teenager off with a caution.
article_snippet.sent: A teenager had to close the shop and put down the electronic shutter after the thief became abusive towards other customers and kept trying to leave.
article_snippet.sent: I do feel like the police let the shoplifter off.
article_snippet.sent: This must be the fifth time I have had to deal with a shoplifter in the last few years
article_snippet.sent: on one occasion I was even assaulted and hit my head on the pavement outside the shop when I tried to stop a thief.
article_snippet.sent: ‘the police asked me to drop the case against the girl responsible because the girl responsible offered to apologise and pay for the shirt the girl responsible stole.
article_snippet.sent: I could have been in trouble if the girl responsible had reacted aggressively to being held in the shop.
article_snippet.sent: I’m really disappointed with the police.
article_snippet.sent: Letting the girl responsible off just gives a green light to shoplifters.
article_snippet.sent: They just told me I would have to pursue a civil case for damages against the thief if I wanted to take a civil case for damages against the thief further.
article_snippet.sent: Shoplifting is not as much of a problem as the business in question had a problem used to be.
article_snippet.sent: However, figures from crime data analysts, UK Crime Stats, showed that in Nottingham there was a rise in shoplifting offences from 288 last February to 324 this February.