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Prisoner release will boost shoplifting, warns senior policeman

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Fears have been raised by a senior police officer that releasing prisoners early could lead to an increase in shoplifting. Assistant chief constable Tim Mairs from Police Scotland told the Retailers against Crime conference in Glasgow this week that many of those being freed before…

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