THIS is the shocking moment brazen shoplifters pile bottles of booze into a Deliveroo bag and casually walk out.
The concerning footage, shared by Robert Jenrick on Facebook, shows two thugs hit a local Waitrose in Clerkenwell, London.
It is understood they targeted a Waitrose in Clerkenwell, London[/caption]
The thieves looted more than a dozen bottles of booze[/caption]
The yobs casually walked free from the store with their haul[/caption]
The Shadow Justice Secretary posted the clip with the caption: “This is the reality of Sadiq Khan’s London.
“It’s a complete and utter disgrace.
“And Labour are about to make this even worse by scrapping prison sentences for shoplifters.”
In the UK anything stolen under the value of £200 carries a maximum sentence of six-months in jail, or a fine.
Meanwhile hauls above this amount could see perpetrators put behind bars for up to seven years.
However, Labour plans to scrap prison sentences for thousands of criminals, including sex offenders, shoplifters and drug dealers under reforms to sentencing laws.
In the footage posted by Jenrick, the thieves pose as Deliveroo riders picking up an order.
They have their faces covered with masks and casually walk around the store, plundering various aisles.
As horrified shoppers look on, a security guard appears to stand beside the yobs and simply watch.
They stuff at least 14 liquor bottles into their bag and walk off into the night without being stopped.
The Sun contacted the Metropolitan Police for comment.
This comes as Jenrick earlier told how a “scumbag” tried to snatch his mobile phone as he was walking near Parliament.
The Sun contacted Waitrose for comment.
‘I’M NERVOUS FOR MY GIRLS’
The Shadow Justice Secretary claimed he was targeted by Victoria station in central London.
Mr Jenrick – whose video confronting fare dodgers on London’s underground has been viewed 15 million times – said crime is getting out of control.
Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick posted the video and called out London mayor Sadiq Khan[/caption]
The duo weren’t stopped[/caption]
A security guard appeared to watch as they plundered several aisles[/caption]
And he revealed his fears for the safety of his three daughters, who have had friends who have been mugged.
He told The Sun’s Kate’s Political Dates: “I came down to London the other day about 11pm at night and was walking out of Victoria Station on my way to Parliament.
“I was looking at my phone and a bloke came past – scumbag – on a bicycle and tried to grab it out of my hand.
“Fortunately he didn’t succeed. But it’s unnerving. And do I hold my phone tighter and am I a bit more nervous? Yes absolutely.”
Mr Jenrick – who has three daughters aged 14, 12 and 10, said he fears for the safety of his kids.
“I am nervous for my girls”, he said.
“There are stories they know of their friends being mugged on the streets. They are more concerned.
“When they get the tube they sometimes say they think older blokes are looking at them inappropriately.
“I don’t want that.”
Britain must adopt the “broken windows” approach to tackling crime that was pioneered in New York in the 1980s, he said.
This is the theory that police must arrest thugs committing all crime and anti-social behaviour – no matter how small.
“There is an epidemic right now of shoplifting, of burglary, of mobile phone theft.
“These are the crimes people see in their daily lives, the most visible crimes.
“I want to live in a country where our streets are safe. And it can be safe again.”
“No crime is too small. Every form of anti-social behaviour should be cracked down on.
“Whether it is that bloke on the tube playing annoying music not on his headphones. Or that person pushing through the barriers on the tube.
“If you ignore the small things, they will escalate.”
‘FIGHT BACK’
Jenrick also said he is sick of seeing Gaza flags on British streets and claimed we must reclaim pride in our country.
The Tory big beast tore into self-loathing universities and town halls who celebrate every other nationality apart from our own.
It sets him on a collision course with PM Sir Keir Starmer, who has warned that populists are using the union flag to stoke division and violence in Britain.
In the no holds barred sitdown, he also warned the Conservative Party must “fight back” or risk being wiped out as a political force in Britain.
Mr Jenrick said: “I think that people are sick of seeing the Gaza flag being put up on lamp posts.
“I don’t want foreign flags on our public buildings. I don’t want to see them on the streets.”
His excoriating attack comes as Sir Keir today makes his big ‘take back the flag’ speech where he will try to seize the union jack back from what he dubs populists.
Shocking number of shoplifting cases that go unsolved EVERY DAY
By Martina Bet
ALMOST 800 shoplifting cases a day went unsolved last year, official figures reveal.
Some 289,464 were closed with no suspect identified in 2024/25 — 18 per cent up on the year before.
Overall, no suspect was identified in 55 per cent of all shoplifting probes — and only 18 per cent led to charges.
It comes after figures last month showed shoplifting cases rocketed 20 per cent last year from 444,022 to 530,643, a high since records began in 2002/03.
The latest figures, for all forces in England — except Humberside — and Wales were compiled for the Lib Dems by the House of Commons Library.
They revealed 793 cases a day went unsolved.
London’s Met had the worst record — with 76.9 per cent of its 93,705 cases shut without a suspect, and just 5.9 per cent ending in a charge.
Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Barber sparked outrage by claiming the public should “challenge” shoplifters instead of relying on cops.
Lib Dem MP Joshua Reynolds, a supermarket manager before entering politics, called the remark “reckless”.
He said: “Senior police chiefs should be protecting us, not passing the buck to the public.”
The Government insisted it is increasing the number of police and patrols.
It also said it will “end the effective immunity for theft of goods under £200 and bring in a specific offence for assaulting retail workers”.
