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<p>Shoplifting can be a serious offence which can damage livelihoods. For cases taken
to court there is a wide range of sentences available on conviction, including custody
for the most serious examples.</p><p>Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for
the courts, taking into account the circumstances of each case and imposing a sentence
which is proportionate to the seriousness of the offence.</p><p>Defendants proceeded
against, found guilty and sentenced to a community sentence or immediate custody for
shoplifting offences in the East of England, by police force area, from 2006 to 2013
can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>Data cannot be separately analysed by parliamentary
constituency.</p>
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