'Epidemic' of charity shop burglaries

By Paul Jump, Third Sector Online, 4 October 2007

Charity shop managers in Brighton and Hove have expressed concerns about an epidemic of break-ins after five shops in the area were targeted by burglars last weekend.

An Oxfam shop lost £1,000 in cash from a safe under the floor in one raid, while £450 and several radios were taken from a Scope shop. Thieves also tried to break into another two Oxfam shops and one belonging to the British Heart Foundation. Angela Aitchison, the manager of...

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