they had to lock the hand sanitizers away as they were getting stolen ,what the f**k is wrong with people .
My wife's colleague got mugged for her lanyard that had her NHS identification attached to it.
Normal people haven't just started doing these things.
These types have always been there, but over the last 20 years successive governments have chosen to not punish them for this type of behaviour.
I've known of thieves who had 20 plus cautions for stealing cars, but never once been to Court.
A scumbag can continue their life of crime, getting a caution, warning, reprimand, a final warning, conditional cautions or "restorative justice"(usually they have to write a letter of apology, or dictate it to somebody who can), then perhaps another caution and round the system again. If the criminal is "disorderly" they can get a Fixed Penalty Notice for disorder.
In the Police all of these outcomes are known as "out of Court disposals" and the Police are encouraged to deal with offences this way.
Have you noticed that your local town probably has an old Magistrates Court building that is now used for something else? Many Magistrates Courts were closed because they didn't have enough cases to deal with.
So, even if caught, a criminal is highly unlikely to go to Court and even if they go to Magistrates Court, the odds of them being sent to prison are tiny, unless the crime is very serious, in which case it would go to Crown Court anyway.
So there is no deterrent and they pass their morals on to their many, many children, and you've seen the results.
I'd like to see anybody now using a stolen NHS identity card to get 5 years minimum jail. Fat chance of that!