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The Sun
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Hungry elephant munches on sweet rice cakes and chicken's eggs after barging into grocery store in Thailand
SHOPPERS find there's an elephant in the room — as a peckish pachyderm helps himself to grub at a grocery store. The 25-year-old male munched on sweet rice cakes and chicken's eggs after barging into the shop in Thailand on Monday. 4 4 Even getting wedged under the low ceiling did not stop him as he searched the aisles for treats — without a shopping list, as elephants never forget. Shopkeeper Khamploy Gakaew eventually took him to tusk, ushering the wild animal out of her store. She said: "This was the first time an elephant had visited the store. I hope he doesn't come back. "I was worried about the damage he could cause. "He ate sweet, crispy rice cakes and chicken eggs before walking out. "I was surprised to see it eating sweet food, as elephants usually search for something salty." She added: "We see elephants occasionally, and they will bother street food vendors for food. But this was unusual." Scientists stunned after elephant showers herself with a water hose - but footage also catches a cheeky 'prank' 4 4
CTV News
26-05-2025
- CTV News
Man charged with robbery following Dunlop Street investigation
One man has been charged with robbery following a police investigation at a downtown Barrie business. On Tuesday night, officers were called to a Dunlop Street West variety store. Police say a 20-year-old was asked to leave the store by the shopkeeper on two separate occasions that evening, and once the day before. After an exchange of words between the two, the suspect allegedly grabbed an item from the counter and as the shopkeeper struggled to retrieve it, a fight broke out and the shopkeeper was allegedly assaulted. Police say they obtained video surveillance to gather additional details about the accused's description. The man was found on Thursday afternoon and taken to Barrie Police Headquarters where the investigation continued. The Bradford man was charged with robbery and is scheduled to appear before the courts at a later day.
Daily Mail
22-05-2025
- Daily Mail
The bare-cheek bandit: Moment short-skirted shoplifter bends over to force owner to look away so she could steal £1,000 of jewellery
A brazen female shoplifter has been captured on CCTV using her extremely short skirt as a unique distraction tactic to steal up to £1,000 worth of jewellery. Video footage taken at an independent shop in Weymouth, Dorset showed the moment the thief, dressed in a short green dress, appeared to deliberately bend down to the lower shelves and flash her bottom, leaving staff members shocked. Shopkeeper Ian Lambert, 62, said he had initially felt like he needed to look away from the woman for fear of being branded a pervert. When he checked CCTV footage later he discovered she used the unusual technique to fill her bag with items including rings, necklaces and commemorative coins. He said: 'This woman came in the store with a very short green mini dress. 'Every time she bent over to look at something on the bottom shelves her dress would ride up. I didn't want to be seen looking at her as I would be the one who would be called a pervert. 'We now know that every time she bent over she was filling her bag with some of the items off the shelves. When the shopkeeper later checked CCTV footage he discovered that she had used the unusual technique in order to fill her bag with items including rings, necklaces and commemorative coins. 'On her way out she even had the cheek to thank staff and apologise for not buying something on this occasion.' Mr Lambert said the small business is still in the process of calculating how much money they lost as a result of the scam, with the stolen items all belonging to individual sellers. Describing the extent of devastation caused by the theft, he added: It's not us she stole from. It's normal people trying to make an honest living. 'You could say that it was a fantastic idea by her to distract staff in that way but you just have to have the nerve to do it.' The following day, Mr Lambert put up dozens of flyers in a bid to identity the shoplifter and to warn other businesses, but many of them were taken down. He added: 'We really have a shoplifting epidemic in this country and there are no consequences for the people that do it. If shop owners try and stop it then they are the ones who get in trouble. Describing the extent of devastation caused by the theft, he added: It's not us she stole from. It's normal people trying to make an honest living. 'You could say that it was a fantastic idea by her to distract staff in that way but you just have to have the nerve to do it' 'I plastered flyers all over the town but many of them seem to have been taken down. I guess people want to protect her identity.' Mr Lambert said he did not report the incident to the police as he claimed they had not helped previously. It comes as the number of shoplifting offences recorded by police in England and Wales has passed half a million for the first time, figures released in April showed. An astonishing 516,971 offences were logged by forces last year, up 20 per cent from 429,873 in 2023. The figure is the highest since current police records began 22 year ago in 2003, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The ONS said that shoplifting offences had witnessed a 'sharp rise' since the Covid-19 pandemic, with it estimated that the real figures of theft unknown as a result of many shopkeepers fearing it is 'pointless' to report offences to police. Meanwhile, four fifths of retailers have reported being robbed in the past year, a survey from the British Independent Retailers Association (Bira) found. Bira's chief executive, Andrew Goodacre, said the ONS figures represented a 'deeply troubling milestone' that confirmed what the organisation's members had been saying for months. 'The impact on independent retailers is awful,' he added. 'The stock they are losing represents a loss of their savings, as well as a loss of profits. As one retailer said to us recently: 'It is like being burgled every week, and nobody should have to put up with that'.' MPs have also warned that Britain could be set to witness a shoplifting and burglar 'crime wave' amid plans to scrap short prison sentences. Major reforms set to be published this week as part of the government-commissioned Sentencing Review by former Conservative justice secretary David Gauke are expected to recommend scrapping most sentences of up to a year. It would mean burglars, shoplifters and those convicted of low-level assault would not face jail time – with the reforms aimed at tackling prison overcrowding. The report is expected to provide a blueprint for the Sentencing Bill, which will be introduced to Parliament this summer. The recommendations are set to include replacing the majority of year-long sentences with community work or suspended sentences.
