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The home secretary will launch a "winter of action" scheme in a bid to tackle shoplifting.

"Clients have said to us that we're lifesavers and without us people have admitted they would be forced to shoplift just to survive," Mr Lucas said.

Instead of defunding the police, he’s hiring more officers and cracking down on shoplifting and drug crimes.

He said Leroy Douglas started to get into trouble along with friends and received convictions for crimes including for shoplifting as a teenager and young man.

They may snarl at strangers or shoplift at the mall.