Tuggeranong store loses $100 daily to youth shoplifters' thefts and threats
A family-run Miniso store loses about $100 daily to young shoplifters. The family also faces assault, threats, and death threats.
Reported by The Canberra TimesClaims checked against the source, 13 h ago.
ShareWhy it matters
A family's safety and livelihood are threatened by youth shoplifters. These young people face minimal consequences for their actions.
In Australia. Canberra retail workers now face daily threats from young shoplifters with limited recourse from police or courts.
Key facts
- $100
- Daily losses
- Tuggeranong, South.Point shopping centre
- Location
- Immigrants for four years
- Family tenure
- A family-run Miniso store in Tuggeranong loses about $100 daily to young shoplifters and intimidation.
- In August, a 15-year-old boy punched the store owner and gave him a black eye.
- Police charged him with assault.
- A 12-year-old shoplifted and told owners she would be back the next day.
- The store owner's mother suffered head and hand injuries during an altercation with a young girl.
- Security cameras show young people making menacing gestures.
- Some wrecked shop displays.
- The family believes the young shoplifters feel completely untouchable.
- Police suggested seeking personal protection orders.
- But owners said different groups would make that pointless.
