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Sky News
21-05-2025
- Sky News
Man banned from every Greggs in England and Wales
Why you can trust Sky News A prolific shoplifter has been banned from every Greggs in England and Wales after being caught stealing from there seven times, police have said. Patrick Verry, 33, of no fixed address, was caught in the act by plain clothes officers at a Greggs store in Wood Green, north London, on 15 May. Bodycam footage of the incident shows him taking several items from the fridge in his bag and walking out without paying. When the officers first approach him, he says "whatever mate", until they begin to restrain him and place him under arrest. Realising they are police officers, Verry pleads that he is "not resisting" and says: "I apologise bruv, I'm sorry." He had been seen stealing from the same Greggs on the shop's CCTV six times previously. He pleaded guilty to six counts of theft from the shop at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court on 16 May and was banned from all Greggs throughout England and Wales. Releasing the bodycam video on social media, the Metropolitan Police described the outcome as the "end of his sausage roll era". Another man banned from Sainsbury's, Boots and Co-op In a separate probe, they identified another man, Winston Wright, 44, who had stolen more than £2,500 in goods at various shops over four months. He was spotted in Deptford, southeast London, by a PCSO, who arrested him. Wright, from Lewisham, pleaded guilty to eight counts of shoplifting and one count of commercial burglary at Croydon Magistrates Court on 6 May. He was jailed for three months, fined £200, and banned from entering the Royal Borough of Greenwich, as well as every Sainsbury's, Boots, and Co-op in England and Wales for three years. Chief Inspector Rav Pathania, the Metropolitan Police's lead for tackling retail crime, said: "The Met is focused on tackling the most prolific shoplifters like Wright and Verry. "They cause fear to retail workers and their offending has a negative impact on communities. "We continue to work with local business owners to investigate reports of shoplifting, understand concerns and use different tactics to crackdown, including targeted operations and regular patrols."
Sky News
21-05-2025
- Sky News
Prolific shoplifter banned from every Greggs in England and Wales
A prolific shoplifter has been banned from every Greggs in England and Wales after being caught stealing from there seven times, police have said. Patrick Verry, 33, of no fixed address, was caught in the act by plain clothes officers at a Greggs store in Wood Green, north London, on 15 May. Bodycam footage of the incident shows him taking several items from the fridge in his bag and walking out without paying. When the officers first approach him, he says "whatever mate", until they begin to restrain him and place him under arrest. Realising they are police officers, Verry pleads that he is "not resisting" and says: "I apologise bruv, I'm sorry." He had been seen stealing from the same Greggs on the shop's CCTV six times previously. He pleaded guilty to six counts of theft from the shop at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court on 16 May and was banned from all Greggs throughout England and Wales. Releasing the bodycam video on social media, the Metropolitan Police described the outcome as the "end of his sausage roll era". Another man banned from Sainsbury's, Boots and Co-op In a separate probe, they identified another man, Winston Wright, 44, who had stolen more than £2,500 in goods at various shops over four months. He was spotted in Deptford, southeast London, by a PCSO, who arrested him. Wright, from Lewisham, pleaded guilty to eight counts of shoplifting and one count of commercial burglary at Croydon Magistrates Court on 6 May. He was jailed for three months, fined £200, and banned from entering the Royal Borough of Greenwich, as well as every Sainsbury's, Boots, and Co-op in England and Wales for three years. Chief Inspector Rav Pathania, the Metropolitan Police's lead for tackling retail crime, said: "The Met is focused on tackling the most prolific shoplifters like Wright and Verry. "They cause fear to retail workers and their offending has a negative impact on communities. "We continue to work with local business owners to investigate reports of shoplifting, understand concerns and use different tactics to crackdown, including targeted operations and regular patrols."
Telegraph
21-05-2025
- Telegraph
Shoplifter banned from every Greggs for raiding same shop seven times
A shoplifter has been banned from every Greggs in England and Wales after raiding the same shop seven times. Patrick Verry, 33, was caught stealing from a branch of the pastry shop on Wood Green High Road, in north London, on May 15. He pleaded guilty to six counts of theft at Highbury Corner magistrates' court the following day. It comes as the latest official figures show more than 500,000 shoplifting offences were reported to police in one year for the first time. In another investigation, the Met Police arrested a 44-year-old man who stole more than £2,500 worth of goods from stores over four months. Winston Wright was banned from entering any Sainsbury's, Boots and Co-op in England and Wales for three years under a criminal order. He was also banned from entering the Royal Borough of Greenwich for three years, jailed for three months and fined £200. Wright pleaded guilty to eight counts of shoplifting and one count of commercial burglary at Croydon magistrates' court on May 6. Officers gathered CCTV from various stores during the investigation which helped identify Wright as the offender. Chief Insp Rav Pathania, the Met Police's lead for tackling retail crime, said: 'The Met is focused on tackling the most prolific shoplifters like Wright and Verry. They cause fear to retail workers and their offending has a negative impact on communities. 'We continue to work with local business owners to investigate reports of shoplifting, understand concerns and use different tactics to crackdown, including targeted operations and regular patrols.' Shoplifting incidents cost corner shops £316 million last year, according to the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS), with 6.2 million thefts recorded, up from 5.6 million the prior year. Stores also faced more than 59,000 incidents of violence and 1.2 million incidents of verbal abuse. A total of 516,971 shoplifting offences were logged by forces last year, up 20 per cent from 429,873 in 2023, and equivalent to more than two offences a minute, based on average store opening hours. James Lowman, the ACS chief executive, previously told The Telegraph: 'The levels of theft, abuse and violence experienced by retailers over the last year makes for shocking reading, but it will not surprise our members who are living it on a daily basis. In May, it was revealed that food retailers have seen a 'massive' increase in pensioner shoplifters over the last year, according to Kingdom Security. John Nussbaum, director of service for retail at Kingdom Security, said his staff were seeing a 'different sort of shoplifter now' as the cost of living 'pushes people to something they've never done before'.
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
ECU hosts Pro Day for departing Pirate football players
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — ECU football hosted its Pro Day Tuesday, Mar. 25, 2025 at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. A slew of NFL scouts came to watch the Pirates go through drills and run timing events like the 40-yard dash and shuttle. Winston Wright ran a 4.43 in his 40 and top Pirate draft prospect Shavon Revel did not take part in any on-field drills as he is still coming back from ACL surgery. The NFL Draft is from Apr. 24-26. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
