SEVERE PENALTIES.
LOOTING IN BRITAIN
LONDON; Sept!' 27
Twenty-five cases ci stealing Irom bombed premises have been heard in London Courts, including some classed as looting, which is a capital charge under the defence regulations. Senfences ranging up to three months hard labour were imposed, and three cases were committed lor trial. l A member of the A.lt.P. service was committed for trial on a, charge or stealing a cigarette case from the body of a woman who had been killed by a bomb. Sixteen demolition workers were given sentences of a fortnight to three months’ imprisonment lor stealing a tobacconist’s stock. A soldier was sentenced for stuffing lus pockets with six bottles of wine after helping police to control crowds outside a bombed house. . , ~ Scotland Yard lias organised antilooting detective squads in conjunction with Hying squads. .Looters tour the bombed areas immediately after the all-clear signals. Another problem for Scotland Yard is organised stealing or meat for resale at cut prices. Six carcases disappeared from one market in one day!
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 258, 28 September 1940, Page 8
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