Major UK retail bosses plead for staff protection as 'violent criminals empty stores'

UK business leaders have asked for a meeting with the home secretary to press for a new offence of assaulting or abusing shop staff Almost 90 retail leaders, including the bosses of Tesco, Sainsbury's, Boots and WH Smith, have written to the government demanding action on rising retail crime, in which violent criminals are "emptying stores". The retailers, who also include the bosses of Aldi, Primark and Superdrug, call for the creation of a new UK-wide aggravated offence of assaulting or abusin...