Rob Davies was contacted by officers in Wrexham and asked to remove the ‘provocative’ notices in his store
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Rob Davies was contacted by officers in Wrexham and asked to remove the ‘provocative’ notices in his store
Rob Davies was contacted by officers in Wrexham and asked to remove the ‘provocative’ notices in his store
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Shopkeeper must change 'offensive' sign calling shoplifters 'scumbags'

Police order shop owner to remove sign calling shoplifters 'scum bags'

Sir Keir Starmer would not call shoplifters 'scumbags', No 10 says

Shops warned putting shoplifters' photos in windows breaches data laws

Don’t put expensive items at front of stores because ‘people will nick them’

Police chief says public should stand up to shoplifters themselves

Rob Davies (pictured), 61, who runs the Run Ragged vintage shop in Wrexham, North Wales, installed the notice to tell shoppers…

Police caused a free-speech row when they turned up at Rob Davis's vintage store in North Wales and told him to take down a…

Force clarify the law after Wrexham retailer told anti-theft sign could cause offence

How extraordinary that the law seems to protect the thieves and not the law-abiding citizen

Downing Street has said that the Prime Minister would not use the word to describe the thieves blighting Britain's retailers.

Comments come after police officers told shopkeeper to take down sign calling shoplifters ‘scumbags’