LOOTERS SENTENCED
SEVERAL CASES IN LONDON LONDON, September 27. Twenty-five cases of stealing from bombed premises were heard in the London courts, including some classed as looting, which is a capital charge under the Defence Regulations. The sentences ranged up to three months’ imprisonment with hard labour. Three cases were committed for trial. A member of the A.R.P. organisation was committed for trial on a charge of stealing a cigarette case from a woman killed by a bomb. Sixteen demolition workers were sentenced to terms ranging from a fortnight to three months for stealing a tobacconist’s stock. A soldier was sentenced for stuffing his pockets with six bottles of wine after helping the police to control crowds outside a bombed house.
Scotland Yard has organised antilooting detective squads in conjunction with their flying squads. These squads tour the bombed areas immediately after the “all clear” signal. Another Scotland Yard problem is organised meat stealing for resale at cut prices. Six carcasses disappeared from one market in one day.
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Evening Star, Issue 23693, 28 September 1940, Page 12
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168LOOTERS SENTENCED Evening Star, Issue 23693, 28 September 1940, Page 12
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