This year’s best ‘dumb criminal’ tales so far (The Funny Side)
August 17th, 2012 - 12:10 pm ICT by IANS
A thief was captured by a cop dressed as a giant banana. (This is the sort of story that columnists like me pray for nightly, so THANK YOU, GOD.) A part-time ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
Britain’s cardboard cop cuts shoplifting by 75 percent
August 11th, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 11 (IANS) The life-size cut-out of a police officer guarding a supermarket in Britain has been so effective that shoplifting has been slashed by 75 percent.The cardboard cop, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Britain to relax fines on garbage handling
January 16th, 2012 - 11:48 am ICT by IANS
London, Jan 16 (IANS) The British government will stop slapping fines on people who, at times, commit "innocent mistakes" while putting out household rubbish by overfilling their garbage bins or ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Christmas crime spree to cost shops 1 bn pounds
December 3rd, 2011 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 3 (IANS) High street shops are braced for a 1 billion-pound crimewave over Christmas and New Year, a media report said Saturday.Shoplifters are expected to steal goods worth ... Read more...
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Peaches Geldof ‘caught shoplifting’
October 23rd, 2011 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 23 (IANS) Socialite Peaches Geldof has reportedly been caught shoplifting make-up from British high-street chain Boots.The 22-year-old, who is the daughter of musician Bob Geldof and the late ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Inflation pinching Britain’s shoplifters?
October 18th, 2011 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 18 (IANS) In Britain, it seems even shoplifters are feeling the inflationary squeeze, as figures have revealed that over the past year, thieves have increasingly opted to steal ... Read more...
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Lohan in legal trouble again
October 15th, 2011 - 3:33 am ICT by IANS
London, Oct 15 (IANS) Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan is reportedly in legal trouble - the bosses at the Downtown Women's Centre in Los Angeles have terminated her community service ... Read more...
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Lindsay Lohan miffed with Mena Suvari
September 3rd, 2011 - 6:06 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Sep 3 (IANS) Lindsay Lohan is miffed with actress Mena Suvari after she mocked her in a parody.Suvari paired up with Dania Ramirez to film "Ass And ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Woman forces son to wear ‘thief’ sign
August 23rd, 2011 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 23 (IANS) A woman in Australia forced her 10-year-old son to publicly wear a sign that read: "Do not trust me. I will steal from you as I ... Read more...
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Miss El Paso arrested for shoplifting
August 11th, 2011 - 3:29 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
El Paso, Aug 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Former Miss El Paso has been accused of shoplifting. The 21-year-old was arrested on Friday by the police in El Paso on suspicion that she failed ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Lohan gets relief from house arrest
June 30th, 2011 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 30 (IANS) Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan has been released from house arrest after serving 35 days in confinement.She was released Wednesday morning, dailystar.co.uk reported.Lohan was sentenced to ... Read more...
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Former Miss Russia arrested for shoplifting in New York
April 28th, 2011 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
New York, April 28 (IANS) Miss Russia 1998 and former Miss Universe semifinalist Anna Malova was arrested in New York for shoplifting in a clothing store, a media report said.Malova, ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Ex-Miss Russia, in prescription forging bust, arrested for shoplifting in US
April 28th, 2011 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Apr 28 (ANI): A former Miss Russia, who was busted for forging prescriptions to get painkillers, has been arrested for shoplifting in a Manhattan clothing store.Anna Malova, 39, a physician ... Read more...
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Thief spared jail so that he could feed his cat
April 18th, 2011 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 18 (IANS) A judge in Britain spared a thief from going to jail so that he could go home and feed his cat.District judge David Cooper was about ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Shoplifting is immoral but downloading music illegally is ok, say students
April 14th, 2011 - 12:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 14 (ANI): A new study has found that college students view shoplifting as immoral, but are not exactly motivated to follow the laws governing digital music piracy.The finding underscores ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
University newspaper gives students shoplifting guide
February 22nd, 2011 - 11:05 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Feb 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A university newspaper claims that it has the perfect guide that would make help students shoplift without being caught.As should be expected, the move by the newspaper ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Well-off Brit girls go shoplifting with designer ’shopping list’
February 16th, 2011 - 4:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 16 (ANI): An expert has warned that there is an increase in the number of well-off girls in Britain going shoplifting with an eye for designer goods.According to the British ... Read more...
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Guest house owner arrested for shoplifting
January 19th, 2011 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) A 42-year-old woman who owns a guest house in old Delhi was arrested for shoplifting here, police said Wednesday.Sunita Sharma, involved in two cases of theft from ... Read more...
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Gabriela Irimia cautioned by police for shoplifting
January 9th, 2011 - 4:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 9 (ANI): Pop star Gabriela Irimia has been cautioned by cops for shoplifting at a supermarket in Cheshire.Police were called to Sainsbury's in Wilmslow, Cheshire on Friday, after staff ... Read more...
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CCTV helps nab Delhi’s shoplifting housewives
January 8th, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) A gang of four shoplifting housewives was busted thanks to the CCTV camera in a south Delhi store, police said Saturday."The group of women, arrested Friday, first ... Read more...
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Judge James Pickles dies at the age of 85 years
December 23rd, 2010 - 8:46 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Dec 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) One of Britain’s most outspoken and controversial judges, James Pickles had died at the age of 85 years.His 1986 article in the Guardian is believed to ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Two US women caught for hiding stolen goods in body fat
December 3rd, 2010 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Dec 2 (IANS) Two US women allegedly used their body fat and breasts to hide $2,600 worth of stolen goods, it was reported here Thursday.Ailene Brown, 28, and 37-year-old Shmeco ... Read more...
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Obese US women hide shoplifted boots and jeans under belly fat, breasts!
December 2nd, 2010 - 4:11 pm ICT by ANI
Oklahoma, Dec 2 (ANI): Two women in America arrested for shoplifting are said to have hidden the merchandise under their belly fat and breasts.Edmond police authorities said Ailene Brown, 28, and Shmeco ... Read more...
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Brit shoplifter’s sentence put off so she can go on holiday
November 26th, 2010 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 26 (ANI): A shoplifter in Britain, who mowed down a policeman in her bid to escape, has been allowed to take a pre-booked seven-week holiday to Australia before she is ... Read more...
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Asian gang of ’sexual predators’ in UK raped girls as young as 12
November 25th, 2010 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 25 (ANI): An Asian gang of 'sexual predators' in Britain raped girls as young as 12 after picking them up from the streets.Up to 100 'vulnerable' girls may have been ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Drunk Brit Muslim woman admits racist tirade against police officer
November 20th, 2010 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 20(ANI): A 21-year-old Muslim woman, who had bombarded a police officer with abuses under the influence of alcohol, has appeared in a London court.Snaresbrook Crown Court was told that Yasmin ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Brit man gets 7-yr jail term for blackmailing international pop star
October 30th, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 30 (ANI): A man in Britain has been handed a seven-year jail sentence for trying to extort thousands of pounds from an international pop star in exchange for highly sensitive ... Read more...
Posted in World |
“Stasi-style” CCTV alert website reignites civil rights row in UK
October 9th, 2010 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 9(ANI): A new website that allows anyone in the United Kingdom to monitor commercial CCTV footage live online as a "Stasi-style citizen spy game" has reignited the row over whether ... Read more...
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Three men arrested for racially abusing Brit tennis star Keothavong in Devon
October 5th, 2010 - 6:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 5(ANI): Three men have been arrested in Devon, England, for allegedly racially abusing British tennis player Anne Keothavong when she was preparing for a tournament in the county."A 27-year-old woman ... Read more...
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UK civil rights campaigners slam ‘Stasi-style’ CCTV alert website
October 5th, 2010 - 1:44 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Oct. 5 (ANI): Campaigners have criticized a new website that allows anyone in Europe to monitor commercial CCTV footage live online as a "Stasi-style citizen spy game" that should be banned.According ... Read more...
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Civil rights campaigners protest ‘Stasi-style’ CCTV alert website
October 5th, 2010 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Oct. 5 (ANI): Campaigners have criticized a new website that allows anyone in Europe to monitor commercial CCTV footage live online as a "Stasi-style citizen spy game" that should be banned.According ... Read more...
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Security man killed shoplifter over a bottle of perfume
September 22nd, 2010 - 11:07 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sep 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A security guard - Sam Joshua Bawden killed Aaron Bishop at the Quadrant centre in Swansea. According to reports 22-year-old Bishop was held by five security guards and ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
Beth Ditto admits she’s a shoplifter
September 22nd, 2010 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 22 (ANI): Singer Beth Ditto has confessed that she keeps stealing from shops because she cannot be bothered to queue at the tills.Beth, 29, who has earned millions, made the ... Read more...
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2 Pilferers Detained In Oregon At A Store During A ‘Shop With A Cop’ Event
August 26th, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Washington, August 26, 2010 (Just Flashed): Two males have been detained by the detectives in Oregon. These two chaps have been charged with shoplifting on Wednesday at the Fred Meyer store. What ... Read more...
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Former NY Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s Daughter Arrested for Shoplifting
August 5th, 2010 - 8:37 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Aug 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The daughter of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was arrested yesterday (Wednesday) on charges of shoplifting after she allegedly was caught by store employees ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |