Posted by Her comments came after The Sun revealed gangs of migrant shoplifters were targeting London’s Oxford Street
BRAZEN shoplifters are being set free by courts to offend again, a policing chief has said.
Katy Bourne described it as “madness” how often they had to be arrested before ending up behind bars.
Ms Bourne, the national lead for shoplifting at the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, said: “People have got to know that they’re going to get caught and that there’s a meaningful deterrent when they do it. There is no point arresting shoplifters if there is no effective deterrent.”
Launching a scheme to electronically tag thieves, she insisted only “meaningful criminal justice measures” would stop the huge rise in shoplifting blighting Britain’s high streets.
Her comments came after The Sun revealed gangs of migrant shoplifters were targeting London’s Oxford Street.
We also exposed thieves stripping shelves bare at Greggs stores across the county.
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