Kyle Sherwin, 38, was arrested in April 2024 after officers in the Stanford-le-Hope town centre team mounted a plain clothes operation to stop him. Investigating officer PC Matthew O’Shea says Operation Charge was set up to target shoplifters and other prolific offenders in the town. He said: “We identified patterns in Sherwin’s behaviour and then it was a case of being in the right place at the right time. He was arrested within 15 minutes of us starting the operation.”
Well done, Matthew. Not exactly on a par with snaring the Brinks-Mat gang, though...
Sherwin, of Dowland Close, Stanford-le-Hope, had admitted at an earlier hearing to stealing a total of £636.70 of meat, cheese and laundry detergent from the Co-op in Stanford le Hope High Street on seven occasions between April 15 and 28 this year.
Assuming the meat and cheese was to sell (who'd buy it? even from someone who looks familar with soap and water?) but laundry detergent? That's a new one on me!
While in custody, the court heard, Sherwin also failed to comply with a requirement under Essex Police's drug test on arrest scheme to be tested for cocaine, heroin and crack cocaine.
Should probably have been tested for scabies too....
3 comments:
May the detergent was for later money laundering?
Laundry detergent, soap, shower gels, hair shampoo, toothpaste etc is a common thieving target, because they are universally used items. Everyone has a need for them, and if they can buy it for less than half price they will. Friend of mine worked on building sites, there was a regular visitor to the site offering cheap personal hygiene items for sale, and in the poorer parts of town (ie council estates) it was common for people to be just knocking on doors offering similar items for sale as well. If you've got 5 kids and can buy laundry detergent for a fraction of what it costs in Tesco, you will.
I saw a programme about Heather Frost years ago and she said she bought laundry powder from shoplifters. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2282142/Mother-11-having-400k-taxpayer-funded-house-built-bought-flying-lessons-partner-Christmas-gift.html
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