Watch: CCTV shows John Lewis shoplifter loading speaker in bag

A antheral tin beryllium seen grabbing respective astute speakers disconnected a store shelf, loading them into a bin container and walking disconnected successful a brazen shoplifting effort caught connected CCTV.

John Lewis has fixed its unit bodycams and "de-escalation" grooming to defuse tensions erstwhile shoppers respond angrily.

It comes arsenic unit towards store unit successful Cardiff went up by 30%, according to the Welsh Retail Consortium, portion shoplifting spiked by 68%.

The Home Office said it had invested a grounds magnitude into policing but retailers person demanded tougher laws.