{"id":141887,"date":"2023-10-01T02:13:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T02:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=141887"},"modified":"2023-10-01T02:13:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T02:13:05","slug":"make-abusing-shop-staff-a-criminal-offence-demand-asda-greggs-bosses-as-violence-soars-amid-uks-shoplifting-epidemic-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/world-news\/make-abusing-shop-staff-a-criminal-offence-demand-asda-greggs-bosses-as-violence-soars-amid-uks-shoplifting-epidemic-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Make abusing shop staff a criminal offence, demand Asda & Greggs bosses as violence soars amid UK's shoplifting epidemic | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
HIGH street retailers want the abuse of shop workers to be a criminal offence.<\/strong><\/p>\n Asda, B&Q, Greggs and JD Sports chiefs are among 88 to have written to the Home Secretary saying staff face \u201cunacceptable levels\u201d of violence in a shoplifting crisis.<\/p>\n The British Retail Consortium is urging Suella Braverman to consider tough sentences for abusing or assaulting a shop worker. <\/p>\n They also want police forces to give retail crime greater attention.<\/p>\n At one major chain, cops are said to have not responded to 73 per cent of crimes.<\/p>\n Helen Dickinson, the BRC boss, said gangs are \u201cthreatening staff with weapons and emptying stores\u201d.<\/p>\n
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