A Liverpool Tesco's branch that has been losing £50,000 a month to theft has launched a pilot scheme which will see shoplifters avoid prosecution.
West Derby MP Ian Byrne has backed the scheme which see individuals suspected of stealing food referred to foodbanks rather than prosecuted. Under the current law suspected shoplifters are arrested and prosecuted.
Under the pilot scheme West Derby Tesco, currently losing around £50,000 per month to shoplifters, will train guards and staff to spot customers who appear to be looking for food to steal because they are hungry. It comes as UK shops report big rises in theft of essential low-value items from milk, cheese and cooking oil to baby milk and nappies during the cost of living crisis, reports the Mirror.
