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Assault on retail workers to be made ‘standalone’ crime

 
• By Kate Bowie

Offenders who assault retail workers “could be sent to prison for up to six months” under new measures to tackle retail crime, the government has announced.  

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Other measures will include facial recognition technology and tracking tags
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Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, when she carried out several health investigations focused on staffing issues, NHS funding and health inequalities.

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