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Crime still gets worse | Viewpoint: Pete Cheema

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Over the last two-and-a-half years, retailers have been forced to contend with a disturbing escalation in both the volume and seriousness of incidents happening in stores, and it is only getting worse. The Scottish government’s own statistics published in November last year highlighted a staggering…

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