shoplifting

An ex-police sergeant who was banned from every Morrisons store in the UK after being wrongly accused of shoplifting has called for an apology.

And it hits a nerve in Los Angeles, where certain supermarket aisles are now locked up, shoplifting has increased and people openly use drugs.

The Home Office said it was making assaults on shopworkers a criminal offence and deploying "thousands" of police officers dedicated to tackling shoplifting.

Eventually, Upton was arrested twice for minor offenses — shoplifting and trespassing.

On Wednesday, the jury heard, aged 15, Mr Khalife used a powerful magnet to remove shop security tags and got into trouble with the police for shoplifting.