Children as young as five have been filmed masked with balaclavas stealing from a corner shop while parents wait outside.
Shopkeeper Erdogan Yigitoglu, 52, has spent years sharing CCTV footage of shoplifters online to reduce crime – including young kids stealing while concealing their identities.
His footage shows offenders helping themselves to piles of chocolate bars, disposable BBQs worth £120 and an array of other items.
However, the most shocking discovery was children as young as five being ‘masked up’ in balaclavas and taking items including fruit before returning to adults waiting outside.
On one occasion he said he even saw a mother pat their
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