The Pet Centre in East Street in Newquay has started naming and shaming anyone it has caught stealing from its shop on its social media accounts.

It has also produced a wall of shame inside the store in a bid to prevent further shoplifting.

In a recent incident captured on CCTV on Sunday (August 11), two men can be seen approaching the Pet Centre and, as they walk past the entrance, one of them casually grabs a £25 dog bed and walks off with it.

Owner Paul Larkin told Cornwall Live: “We go through the rigmarole of reporting incidents to the police but they can't or won't always charge people," he said. "It's frustrating. We still report incidents but we've also upgraded our CCTV system and decided to name and shame those we catch stealing from us. We put it all on social media.

"We have a wall of shame in our shop too. It's just for the locals. If we had a wall of shame with the tourists it'd be bigger than the shop. It is getting that bad which is annoying but it will continue as these people don't think there are any consequences."

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