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Shopkeeper tracks down mum stealing Jellycat toys to sell on Vinted

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66% Informative

Charlie Groves found Jellycat toys stolen from his garden centre in Bridport , Dorset , for sale on resale site Vinted .

Shopkeeper tracked down the woman seen on CCTV to Bristol and tracked her down on Facebook.

Shoplifting is at record levels with 469,788 offences recorded in England and Wales last year .

Facebook, eBay and Vinted say it is prohibited to sell stolen items on their platforms.

Home Office says it will continue to work with police to understand routes used to sell items.

Garden centre owner Charlie Groves says shoplifting remains a "massive problem" for his Dorset garden centre.

VR Score

51

Informative language

40

Neutral language

68

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

49

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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