Police have been trialling new ways to tackle shoplifting in Exeter. Devon and Cornwall Police have been working in the city council’s CCTV control centre with a coordinator from the Exeter Businesses Against Crime group to coordinate their response to offenders who target stores on the high street. The force has plain clothes officers patrolling...
A man who is currently serving 42 weeks in prison for shoplifting has been sentenced to serve an additional 14 weeks after being charged with further offences in Devon, police say. Craig Sawyer, 51, appeared at Newton Abbot Magistrates’ Court via video link on 12 March, where he pleaded guilty to an additional five counts...
