AIR-RAID LOOTING
SENTENCES IN LONDON
LONDON, September 27.. Twenty-five cases of stealing from bombed premises have been heard in London courts, including some classed as looting, which is a capital charge under the defence regulations. Sentences ranging up to three months* hard labour were imposed, and three cases were committed for trial. A member of the A.R.P. service was committed for trial on a charge of stealing a cigarette case from the body of a woman who had been killed by a bomb. Sixteen demolition workers were given sentences of a fortnight to three months' imprisonment for stealing a tobacconist's stock. A soldier was sentenced for stuffing his pockets with six bottles of wine after helping police to control crowds outside a bombed house. ' " Scotland Yard has organised antilooting detective squads in conjunction with flying squads. Looters tour the bombed areas immediately after the all-clear signal. _ Another problem for Scotland Yard is organised stealing of meat for resale at cut prices. Six carcasses disappeared from one market in one day.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 78, 28 September 1940, Page 11
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