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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Alexander Lawrie & Sam Ormiston

Co-op supermarket bans all schoolchildren after alarming increase in shoplifting

A supermarket has banned all schoolchildren from its premises due to an alarming increase in shoplifting.

Gangs of "feral" children have been raiding the Co-op store in Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, Scotland, leading the management to issue an immediate "blanket ban" on all youngsters.

Fed up locals have blasted groups of foul-mouthed youths in the town close to Edinburgh, who have also been accused of hassling pensioners and helping themselves to goods.

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