Criminals who abuse or attack people working in shops must face automatic prison terms, the head of the shop workers’ union has told LBC.
USDAW General Secretary Paddy Lillis spoke to Nick Ferrari from the Labour Party conference where supermarket thefts are “easy money” for organised crime gangs.He said he wanted to ensure that police turn up even when goods worth less than £200 have been stolen.
The mind boggles at this behaviour,” he said.He condemned the ‘epidemic’ of retail crime.“There’s upwards of 1,000 incidents every day of abuse, threats and violence against retail staff.”He said shops spent £1.8bn last year in terms of theft and putting extra security measures in.“In 21st century Britain we have retail workers running around with body cams and stab proof vests. What sort of communities are we living in in this day and age?“Violent gangs move around, they are not daft.
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