Caught on CCTV: Prolific shoplifter assaults security guard to steal alcohol from store

Name: Shoplifter headbutts security guard
Uploaded: 2024-07-17T16:07:22.000Z
Duration: 60 s
Description: A prolific shoplifter was caught on CCTV repeatedly headbutting a supermarket security guard in Peterborough so he could get away with bottles of alcohol he was trying to steal. He's since been jailed and ordered to pay compensation to the man.

By Lucinda Herbert

Reporter

Published 18th Jul 2024, 05:00 BST

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Watch the moment a prolific thief headbutts a security guard who tried to stop him stealing bottles of booze.

Shocking CCTV footage captured the moment a brazen shoplifter assaulted a security guard, before walking off with stolen alcohol.

Video above (click to play) shows how the prolific thief repeatedly headbutted a security guard in a supermarket, as he attempted to stop the man from walking out with stolen goods.

The thief, from Peterborough, has since been jailed and ordered to pay compensation.

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