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Prolific St Albans shoplifters jailed

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Two men from the St Albans district have been handed prison sentences for shoplifting offences. Thirty-five-year-old Harry Ventham was given a prison sentence at Hatfield Remand Court on Monday 23 June for six separate shoplifting offences in St Albans during #NeighbourhoodPolicingWeek. Ventham, from Luton but of…

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