Shopkeepers in a Leeds estate are at their wit's end with shoplifters - it's got so bad, the area has been crowned as Yorkshire's shoplifting hotspot.
Newsagents in Swarcliffe have grown despondent with the increasingly "awkward" task of spotting local residents who steal from them. One shopkeeper said teens work in groups to shoplift, and have formulated sophisticated methods of hoodwinking staff to steal fizzy drinks and sweets.
He once chased a small child, as young as four, who stole sweets from the shop, only for the parent to feign ignorance and pretend they didn't know who their own child was when confronted.
