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factualinvestigations · 1 year

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Graham Stanley Jones issued with RICS 'Cease & Desist' in 2022

A Yorkshire 'Walter Mitty' ?

Graham Stanely Jones of Tickton, East Yorkshire and founding director of Hull based property firm Garness Jones Ltd received a 'Cease and Desist' from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors [RICS] for deliberately passing himself off as a 'Chartered Surveyor' and qualified Valuer over a period of at least 30 years.

If you have ever received a valuation or any professional advice from Garness Jones Ltd or Rogerson Graham Jones Ltd we urge you to check the documents and if you find they have been performed and signed by 'Graham Jones' you should contact the RICS and possibly the Police.

In 2022, our investigation team handed over 100+ documents to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors for their review. Most of these documents were valuation reports and communications on Garness Jones Ltd headed paper used in the 2004 and 2008 divorce proceedings of Mr & Mrs Foreman of Tickton Hall, Beverley, East Yorkshire but, also included further valuations for Andrew Foreman post divorce along with screenshots of Jones' since deleted LinkedIn CV, online links to AGM notes for public companies where Jones was employed and Jones' past and present appointments at Companies House.

Our investigation discovered Graham Jones had a very 'inventive' LinkedIn account available to the public in which he detailed his alleged employment history and qualifications. Jones quickly deleted this LinkedIn when aware he was being investigated but, this was not before screenshots were obtained, scroll down to view.

As you can see, Jones is quite happy to claim his expertise includes undertaking "all types of valuations" and numerous other forms of professional work including 'dilapidations' when in reality the RICS confirmed he has never held any professional qualifications that make him a qualified registered valuer and/or chartered surveyor. Jones has only ever been qualified to undertake 'Market Appraisals' and these are not defined as valuations but, merely a person's opinion of value as is typically given by an Estate Agent when they 'value' your home.

Jones' LinkedIn clearly states he was employed by Garness Jones Ltd up to 2003. Yet our investigation produced valuation reports and documents signed by Jones on Garness Jones Ltd headed paper and dated 2004, 2006 and 2008. When asked, Jones said he retired from Garness Jones Ltd in 2013 while the MD of Garness Jones Ltd said he was a Consultant until 2008. Whatever the case, the content of the valuation reports and they very fact Jones knew he was not qualified to produce or sign them off would reasonably suggest he was in the business of producing documents to unfairly benefit third parties. Was his fellow business partner David Garness involved too?

Yorkshire businessman and entrepreneur Andrew Foreman received matrimonial valuations in 2004 following verbal, not written, instructions to Jones and the former Mrs Foreman was asked to rely upon these to reach a settlement. Foreman also received other valuations and documents performed by Graham Jones on Garness Jones Ltd headed paper in 2006 and 2008 and is understood to have retained Jones services until recently. The 2004 matrimonial valuations were passed to a top London law firm in 2022 who advised the former Mrs Foreman she had suffered a loss, considered today with interest, to be valued in excess of £30million.

When Jones set up Rogerson Graham Jones with Peter Rogerson in 2008, he claimed at Companies House that his occupation was 'Chartered Surveyor' which he evidently knew he was not. Peter Rogerson was a legitimate qualified Chartered Surveyor so you would reasonably expect him to question why, if his business partner was an RICS member, were they only paying for a single RICS membership? When asked recently, we understand Rogerson declined to comment.

When Jones was asked why, since 2008, he had been claiming to be an expert in waste management, landfill and quarry valuations when he did not possess any of the specialist qualifications, he refused to comment. However, he did also threaten to sue anyone who accused him of any wrongdoing. The RICS issuing Jones a 'cease and desist' confirmed there was no basis for Jones to sue anyone, quite the opposite.

Jones also refused to confirm or deny if he had prepared any waste management valuations for his friend Yorkshire businessman Andrew Foreman who had set up waste management and recycling businesses around the same time and which today have asset values of over £10million. It would be the perfect storm for someone less than honest to have Jones providing 'bent' valuations passed off as legitimate ones which could then be used to acquire loans and further financial benefit.

In respect of Graham Jones claims he was employed by public limited companies, as if to suggest this would make him look squeaky clean, our investigation found he was indeed employed by at least two PLC's however, we also found online copies of the AGM minutes in which Jones was described as someone who had, "performed valuations for many well-known banks and private clients" when in reality, he has never been qualified to do so.

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2022 onwards... After the RICS 'Cease and Desist'

RICS did not publicise the issuing of their 'cease and desist' to Graham Jones and therefore they have helped him escape public scrutiny and the very real prospect that there may be hundreds of people in Yorkshire and elsewhere who have received RICS valuation reports and professional work that was never performed by a qualified Chartered Surveyor but, made to look like it was.

The ramifications are potentially huge as a lender who loans money based on a fraudulent valuation can call in their loan and repossess property, ultimately they can report the crime to the Police.

So where is Jones' post his 'cease and desist'?

At the time of publication, Jones is a consultant for Yorkshire based property firm Tradepark. Jones is known to be a family friend of the Butters family who own and operate Tradepark. We understand the directors of Tradepark were made aware of Jones' 'cease and desist' however, they are evidently happy to continue their relationship with him which may make members of the public question their own integrity. We do not know of any other businesses that happily employ someone who has lied about their professional qualifications and performed fake valuations for over 30 years.

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We understand Graham Jones actions were reported to Humberside Police who, perhaps unsurprisingly said they were 'very busy'. Too busy it appears to investigate what could reasonably be far reaching and significant financial fraud and deception over a 30 year period.

Our investigation discovered Jones is currently employed by Yorkshire property firm Tradepark who are aware of Jones' past and seem unconcerned to be associated with him.

We also discovered from their website that one of Tradepark's tenants happens to be... Humberside Police.

Disclaimer

This blog contains opinions and personal views and is not considered as 'expert' advice or opinion. The blog is not intended to malign anyone or anything and the opinions are considered to be based on fact evidenced in written documents. Where necessary, the relevant authorities have been notified regarding matters prior to publication of the contents of the blog. The contents of this blog have also been independently fact checked by a legal advisor.

#graham jones #garness jones #garness group #riverside hull #David garness #rics #royal institution of chartered surveyors #tickton #east yorkshire #yorkshire businessman #chartered surveyor #tradepark hull #tradepark #humberside #property consultants East Yorkshire

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andygibsontv · 2 years

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HUMBERSIDE: CRACKDOWN ON MACHINERY THEFT LANDS RESULTS - BIT.LY/3pVOg4b 180 vehicles were searched in this operation. #Bainton #Driffield #GreatDriffield #Humberside #Yorkshire #MachineryTheft #AgriculturalTheft #PlantTheft #RuralCrime https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch7l-zNoy88/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#bainton #driffield #greatdriffield #humberside #yorkshire #machinerytheft #agriculturaltheft #planttheft #ruralcrime

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morbidology · 9 months

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On the 2nd of March, 2010, Russell Bohling, 18, left him home in Bempton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. He planned on driving to Bishop Burton College in Beverley where he was studying bricklaying. It’s not known if Russell ever made it to college or not that day but after leaving his home, he vanished. Russell’s car was discovered around 45 miles away at Bempton Cliffs, a popular suicide spot. Inside the car was a parking ticket that had been purchased at 11:30AM on the day he disappeared.

Humberside Police were widely criticised for their efforts to search for Russell. During the initial search, The Humberside Fire and Rescue Service used heat sensitive cameras to search the RAF bunker beside Bempton Cliffs which would be completely ineffective if Russell was deceased. Moreover, it would take police another three months until they started to interview potential witnesses. “We accuse Humberside Police of failing our son and betraying the trust of the family and the public,” said Russell’s father, Roger. Humberside Police were quick to determine that Russell had most likely committed suicide.

Russel’s family have long. believed that something much more sinister happened and that finding his body is the only way to end their heartache. They are adamant that Russell would not have committed suicide and that he was not unhappy whatsoever. Roger, said he believes that somebody convinced Russell to skip class and instead drive to Bempton Cliffs and that Russell couldn’t have planned the diversion from college as he didn’t know his father was going to let him take the car until minutes before he left the family home. Roger also said that the car must have been filled up with patrol along that way but that Russell’s debit card had not been used and he had very little cash on him.

As for the motivation, Roger believes that Russell was killed in a botched abduction after telling somebody that he was scheduled to give £300,000 from his father to set up his own business. “We have never received a ransom note and I admit it’s pure speculation. But Russell had had asthma and if there was an attempt to restrain him, it could have brought on an attack and it may have gone horribly wrong,” said Roger. Something else the family have also considered is that there was an occult element to the abduction. Russell stated that he researched RAF Bempton and discovered that it was used by a witches coven.

To this day, Russell Bohling still remains missing.

#true crime #unsolved #missing #mystery

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sometimes-men-need-help-too · 1 year

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Yorkshire husband opens up about 20 years of violence and abuse at the hands of sadistic wife

This was posted on March 12th

A Yorkshire husband who endured two decades of violence and abuse in one of 'the worst case of controlling and coercive behaviour' a judge had ever seen at the hands of his sadistic wife has opened up about his life with her in a harrowing interview.

During Richard Spencer's wife Sheree Spencer's shocking campaign of violence and intimidation she spat in his face and hit him with whatever was at hand — using a bottle, a mobile phone or a TV remote control.

He told Mail Online how on one occasion she defecated on the floor and then forced him to clear it up, while during another attack she beat him with a wine bottle so hard it permanently disfigured his ear. During the two decades long ordeal he was subjected to daily beatings and verbal attacks that left him cowering on the floor in the foetal position.

However, after an old friend of Richard's finally intervened, the 46-year-old shared videos of abuse which were captured on a security camera in the children's playroom with police and she was was charged and issued with a retraining order.

Richard handed police a total of 36 videos, nine audio recordings and 43 photographs of the abuse. She was jailed for four years at Hull Crown Court last week after admitting coercive and controlling behaviour and three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

He described how as, as the mother of his three daughters was sentenced he just focused 'on a spot on a piece of furniture' to get through it.

"I felt absolutely nothing the few times I glanced across at Sheree," said Richard. "I didn't feel anger. I didn't feel scared. I didn't have any emotion. But I was hyper-conscious of how my family was reacting when the judge described the horrific things she'd done.

'To hear the judge use the same language Sheree used — the f-word and the c-word — the things she called me like 'bitch'. 'When I think about those memories I don't feel associated to them. It's like they happened to someone else. I know it was me but in my mind I can't understand how I could have allowed that to happen.'

Richard, a network designer for BT, had videos showing Sheree, formerly a senior manager at the Ministry of Justice, threatening him with a knife, dragging him to the floor, then kicking and punching him while yelling 'get the f***ing chicken on! Get to the f***ing shop. 'You will learn,' as he cowers, pleading with her to stop.

When officers from Humberside police interviewed him at the family's seven-bedroom home in a village near York in June 2021 the investigating officer was so disturbed by what she heard she had to leave the room.

He said: "When the things that have happened to me upset someone else I feel guilty. I just feel that no normal person would have let that happen. I want as many people to read about my thoughts and feelings and think, 'that sounds like me or that sounds like my partner' because this was so incremental."

He described the first couple of years of his relationship with Sheree as '95 per cent nice times and 5 per cent not nice times'. "It evolved. By the time she was punching me so I was having to wear make-up to hide the bruises, the abuse had become the norm," he said.

"I felt I deserved to be punished. I lost my independence and willpower and just accepted that was how my life was going to be. In the end she controlled everything from which room I could sleep in to which toilet I could use. I was no longer me."

The violence began a few months into their relationship at his flat in Ipswich and the arguments would start when she had been drinking. "They could be about anything," said Richard.

"Normally something I'd done or not done. In the early stages it was pushing me, breaking things and slapping me. The next day she'd be extremely apologetic and say she wouldn't let it happen again. She'd write little notes saying she loved me. I'd apologise too because although I wouldn't have been the one shouting, I'd feel I played a role in the argument.

"Sheree would explain her behaviour by saying, 'If you hadn't done that, then I wouldn't have done this.' You'd think, 'OK, I can see why she's saying that.'

"I've got quite a lot of blank periods in my mind. I felt like I was in love with her probably for years and I thought she was with me but looking back now I don't think I'd call it love any more."

After she had affair with a friend of Richard's in January 2007 he forgave her because 'it was my fault for working long hours and neglecting her'.

"I had an internet business I worked on in the evening because I wanted us to be financially secure," he added. "She said I had also been disloyal by putting my family before her because I'd gone alone to a party at my auntie's, that she didn't want to go to, on the night the affair began. She said I deserved it — how could I have thought she was right?"

Following her affair, Richard's relationship with his family, whom Sheree said 'judged' her, became more and more distant and he saw friends less and less.

He said: "I have found lots of emails from Sheree telling me how much she loves me and that I am her soulmate. So I think the period after the affair and deciding to make a go of things must have been a nice, calm time leading up to our marriage."

They married on December 2009 at a luxury beachfront hotel in Thailand's Phi Phi Islands without a single friend or family member present.

"It wasn't the best of days," said Richard. "Sheree got drunk and angry with the people who came to do her hair and told them to get out. I made an excuse in my mind that she was being like that because of the pressure of the day. I even said to her, 'everyone has butterflies'.

Their eldest child was finally conceived in 2015 and Richard fell in love with his daughter, however ever things deteriorated again. Richard said: "She started really attacking me a year after we moved when our daughter was about 14 months.

"It would go on over a period of hours. She'd attack me and then sit back down. I'd try to placate her, then she'd get back up and start hitting and punching me again. Eventually she'd go to sleep on the playroom floor because she'd been drinking.

'When she got angry one of the ways she used to hurt me was smashing my laptop on the floor. Once she picked one up and put it straight in the washing-up water. I probably got through five or six laptops, so I used to hide them.

"That was about the time when she began to threaten me about our daughter. She said she was going to smash her face in the mirror and cut it then call the police and say I'd done it so I wouldn't be able to see her.

"So I started gathering the recordings from the camera in the playroom and take photographs of my injuries because I thought I needed to protect myself.

"Still in my mind, I wanted us to be together. I really loved the family unit. We had one embryo left. Sheree didn't want our daughter to be an only child. I rationalised in my mind, 'If we have another baby we'll get through this.' It's crazy, isn't it?"

Their middle daughter was conceived during the first cycle of IVF and within four months of her birth Sheree was pregnant again with a child they had conceived naturally.

Richard said: "Sheree had always wanted three children and once she was born that's when what I now know they call 'the discard phase' began. She wanted the house, wanted the kids and wanted me to pay maintenance. She'd whisper in my ear, 'You'll never win. Watch this.'

Sheree would then open the bedroom window and shout, 'Richard stop it. You're hurting me. Don't hit me,' and shut the window, saying 'I told you you'll never beat me. I'm much cleverer than you'.

As the the violence and drinking escalated Sheree would lie on the sofa drinking as much as three bottles of wine a day and slap Richard awake in the middle of the night to make him drive to the garage to get more.

he said: "At night when I was alone in bed either in pain after being beaten with a bottle or completely demoralised I'd imagine a switch on the wall and that it could end all the pain and the feeling of hopelessness. I'd visualise getting out of bed, pressing the switch and the darkness turning into pure light. Nothing else would exist, just the bright warm light and I would be absorbed into it.

"I felt guilty I'd become estranged from my family and thought it might be easier for them if I wasn't here. Then I thought about the sadness they would feel if I was gone and how it would affect my children - so I knew I'd never get out of bed and press that switch no matter how bad things got."

It all finally came to a head when Tony, an old friend of Richard's who worked as a military policeman intervened and reported Sheree to the police.

Tony had gone to the family's home following a drunken phone call from Sheree who had called to say that she was being abused. When he arrived Richard finally confessed the truth, sharing the video footage and images of his injuries.

Sheree was arrested later that night - their eldest daughter, woken by the noise, wandered downstairs and saw the police.

Richard said: "I took her to the spare room and sat with her while Sheree got some clothes. My daughter was stood at the window and could see her mum being put in the police van.

"When the police came back that night to take a statement I made excuses for Sheree.

"They were so empathetic. All the fears I'd had about not being believed disappeared but I'd spent half of my lifetime trying to rationalise her behaviour. It was natural for me to defend her, even to the police."

The following day two officers and a social worker told Richard that Sheree was being charged - however he was stunned when he was told of her reaction to a video the police showed her when she threatened Richard with a knife.

He said: "They told me they'd played her a video - first without sound - of her telling me she was going to burst my car tyres because I'd looked at her in a certain way. She'd gone outside, cut the tyre and came back holding the knife which she held against my neck.

"She watched it and said, 'OK, so what's happened is I've got a knife because I've been telling him I want a divorce and that he may as well kill me if he won't give me one. I'm trying to hand him the knife because I can't take it any more'.

"They then played the video with the sound and asked her, 'Have you got anything to say?' She just shrugged and said, 'there's not much I can say, is there?'

"I thought when she saw the video she wouldn't believe she was capable of that and would get very upset. But the police said she never showed any emotion. I knew then her whole life was a tapestry of lies."

Richard knows it will take many year for his mental scars to heal but is focused on giving his daughters a stable upbringing before their mother is released from prison. He said: "I've been struggling because everyone has been so kind it's overwhelming.

"There was no kindness with Sheree. I can still hear the girls crying and want to show them life shouldn't be like that. They're flourishing in a safe, secure home. It's what they deserve."

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/yorkshire-husband-opens-up-20-26452420

So originally, I saw a video about this and of course I have some comments to show y’all

I have to wonder what she would say if this was about a woman who was being abused by another woman.

Here’s the thing, a lot of people underestimate the damage a woman can inflict. She doesn’t necessarily have to be stronger than him. You can catch people by surprise, you can hit a delicate spot (and I’m not just talking about the private area),etc. Plus, he likely couldn’t just defend himself because it could have been spun around and he would have been ‘the abuser.’

The comment is just so disgusting and unnecessary. It’s very ironic when you read the last sentence about how the hardest thing to do is to walk away....and before that she’s just blaming him

I wish people would stop asking victims that question

It isn’t easy by any means to just leave. I know a lot of people would like to think they wouldn’t put up with it, that they would pack their bags and leave (or just breakup if you weren’t living together) at the first sign of abuse--but it’s just not as simple as that for everyone

Some people are still in denial that they’re being abused. They just might not see it. They might be getting told it’s their own fault anyway (if you wouldn’t do this, I wouldn’t do that). Some are embarrassed that they're in the situation in the first place. Some don’t have anywhere to go, no real friends or family they can count on to help them. They might not have access to resources that would help them. They might be manipulated by their abuser into thinking that no one would believe them, that they’re never going to find anyone that loves them like they do. They might be threatened into not leaving. There might be kids in the mix which makes it a lot tougher than if it was just the one person.

Those comments, those are just a couple of the multiple ones just like it. And I know it’s not really exclusive to men only, people are asking women the same question.

A lot of those people think they know exactly what they would do until they’re in the situation themselves

#mens rights #double standards #male victims #male victims of abuse

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ukrfeminism · 2 years

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Police forces are frequently failing to answer “life and death” 999 calls within target times, with some letting down the public more often than not.

Call handlers failed the public in more than 1.7 million cases in six months as heavy demand returned after a lull in crime during the pandemic, according to data released by the Home Office.

Only Avon & Somerset managed to answer calls in under the target time of ten seconds, with the worst performing force, Humberside, failing in all but 2 per cent of cases, figures from November to April revealed.

Priti Patel, the home secretary, hailed publication of the figures as an advance in holding forces to account but criticised a number of them for their failure to achieve the targets, saying that lives were in jeopardy.

“Calling 999 can literally be a matter of life and death,” she said. “The public deserve to know that their local police force will be at the end of the phone, ready to leap into action at seconds’ notice to protect them from harm.

“We can now see where forces are excelling and where vital improvements need to be made.”

There has been speculation that working from home, which included many call handlers during the pandemic, had affected response times and there will be questions over whether staff have returned to normal working.

Forces receive a 999 call every three seconds, the Home Office said, with the data showing that 71 per cent of calls were answered in the target time. However the overall average was 16.1 seconds.

Durham, Gloucestershire and South and North Yorkshire joined Humberside as the only forces taking more than ten seconds in more than half of calls, with North Yorkshire showing the worst median time for picking up calls, at 14.7 seconds. South Yorkshire failed to answer calls within the target time in 83 per cent of cases. Northumbria took more than a minute to answer about one in six calls (16 per cent).

The league table, based on 5.2 million calls to 44 forces, showed that the biggest urban forces, including the Metropolitan Police in London, Greater Manchester and West Midlands performed well, although both West Midlands and Greater Manchester took more than a minute in more than 10 per cent of calls. Scotland’s police force is not included in the figures.

Assistant Chief Constable Alan Todd, the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for contact management, said the data helped police to understand the public’s experience. He added that in part the figures were caused by “lag times” in connecting calls, which vary across the country: “It is for us to look at our infrastructure and work with our key partners, including BT, to improve the experience of a member of public calling 999.”

He said chief officers would learn from the data and make improvements, but added that prank calls remained a problem.

“We know that most people will call the police in their time of need, but unfortunately this isn’t always the case and I would like to remind people only to call 999 in a genuine emergency.

“When someone dials 999, every second counts, and we can’t have those selfish individuals wilfully wasting police time through prank calls.”

He also urged the public to consider whether the non-emergency 101 number might be more appropriate for their call.

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scienza-magia · 7 months

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Dal Regno Unito è allarme taccheggi nei supermercati

Carne, farmaci, carta igienica: nel Regno Unito è boom di taccheggi. Furti nei negozi aumentati del 24% nel 2023. Effetto inflazione o solo più criminalità? Le aziende hanno portato il problema sul tavolo del governo e anche negli incontri con gli analisti finanziari. Il Regno Unito è alle prese con un nuovo problema. O meglio: con un problema vecchio quanto il mondo ma che oggi è particolarmente difficile da gestire e sopportare. Tanto da aver costretto i “big” della vendita al dettaglio, come Primark, Tesco, Target e Foot Locker, a portarlo al tavolo del governo e agli incontri con gli analisti finanziari. È il boom dei taccheggi. Londra ha una certa familiarità con il fenomeno. Secondo alcuni storici è proprio qui che è nato questo crimine. Effetto collaterale dell’essere stata per secolo la capitale mercantile più trafficata d’Europa. Il termine ancora oggi utilizzato per identificare i taccheggiatori, shoplifter, è comparso per la prima volta in un libro del 1694, intitolato The ladies dictionary, che, oltre a spiegare come acconciare i capelli descriveva con dovizia di particolari la donna avvezza a rubare la merce esposta al mercato. I piccoli furti rappresentano una costante secolare dell’economia e della società britannica (e non solo). Ma negli ultimi tempi, Oltremanica, se ne parla tutti i giorni. La stampa locale abbonda non solo di cronache di ruberie, tentate o riuscite, al supermercato o ai grandi magazzini. I giornali propongono mappe delle zone più colpite dal problema e, persino, dei negozi che potrebbero essere presi di mira nelle prossime settimane. Previsioni statistiche mescolate a intuizioni investigative. La portata numerica del fenomeno non è univoca. I dati della polizia dicono che i taccheggi registrati in un anno, fino a marzo 2023, sono aumentati del 24% ma che sono più o meno in linea con quelli dell’era pre-Covid.

Circa 340mila. Secondo il British Retail Consortium, l’associazione britannica che rappresenta il settore della vendita al dettaglio, il numero dei casi non può essere invece sceso al di sotto degli 8 milioni del 2022. L’ente ha rilevato anche che sono raddoppiati gli episodi segnati da violenza, aggressioni fisiche e minacce a mano armata. Nel 2019 se ne contavano 450 al giorno. Oggi sono arrivati a quota 850. La gran parte si consuma nella cornice dei discount. Oltre la media sono gli incidenti avvenuti nei punti vendita Co-op, società di supermercati economici, che nel primo semestre di quest’anno ne ha contati mille ogni 24 ore. Nessuna statistica spiega chi è chi ruba e perché lo fa. Prima fra le possibili cause c’è la crisi scatenata dall’inflazione e dal carovita. Povertà. Le zone in cui le segnalazioni alle autorità di pubblica sicurezza hanno subito una forte impennata sono, non a caso, quelle più depresse del Paese: Cleveland, Nottinghamshire, Humberside, Northumbria, West Yorkshire e Durham. Anche la tipologia di prodotti portati via dagli scaffali la dice lunga. Si rubano soprattutto prodotti alimentari, proprio come secoli fa, e medicinali. Tra la merce più a sottrazione furtiva c’è la carne e i farmaci pediatrici del marchio Calpol. Seguono latte artificiale, caffè, formaggio, burro e detersivi. Molti obiettano che è offensivo sostenere che la povertà genera furti. E che l’indigenza incide poco sulla portata del problema che è invece di pura delinquenza. Questo è il fronte di quanti chiedono pene più severe per il taccheggio che una legge del 2014 ha relegato a “reato sommario” se relativo a furti da massimo 200 sterline di valore. Dagli scaffali, certo, scompaiono anche prodotti di lusso. Ma vedere la placca antitaccheggio sul pollo, sui rasoi da barba, sui cioccolatini e persino sulla carta igienica (come successo in un supermercato Tesco a sud di Londra) fa più impressione di quelle poste allo champagne in esposizione nelle catene chic. Le perdite causate al settore ammontano a un miliardo di sterline all’anno. Sono 88 le aziende, tra cui anche Burberry, John Lewis e Marks and Spencer, che hanno chiesto l’intervento del Ministero degli Interni. Pesa anche il timore che prima o poi possa verificarsi un altro furto collettivo come quello organizzato dai teenager ad agosto, via Snapchat e Tiktok, al negozio JD Sports di Oxford Street. Agli addetti alle vendite di alcuni supermercati è stato intanto chiesto di indossare telecamere di sicurezza, tipo quelle in dotazione ai poliziotti, per scoraggiare i malintenzionati. Balordi, cleptomani o disperati che siano. Read the full article

#carovita #discount #Furtineinegozi #furtislimentari #grandimagazzini #Inflazione #povertà #RegnoUnito #shoplifter #supermercato #taccheggio

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