Father caught on CCTV trying to stash expensive GPS system UNDER his baby in Adelaide
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Father caught on CCTV allegedly trying to steal an expensive GPS system by stashing it UNDER his baby in a pram
- An Adelaide father allegedly attempted to steal a GPS system using his baby
- The man was seen trying to put the device under his baby in its pram
- The store attendant said he understood people had fallen on ‘tough times’
- It comes as a petty crimes rise in Adelaide as the costs of living skyrocket
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A father was spotted on CCTV stowing goods from an automotive store under his baby in a pram – but a store attendant says he ‘understands’ why he did it.
The father was captured at the unidentified store in Adelaide allegedly stuffing items underneath his child in a pram but when the baby made a fuss, he allegedly pulled out his waistband and pushed a GPS unit into his pants.
A worker at the automotive store told 7News he understood the father’s actions.
‘I know times are tough,’ he said.
‘But you don’t need to go to those lengths.’
He said the store had seen a rise in shoplifting attempts which were only getting ‘worse and worse’.
‘In the last three months we’ve seen it double, if not triple, the amount of stolen and lost goods.’
The father, who entered the store pushing a pram with his baby, was caught on camera allegedly attempting to stuff items underneath the child (pictured)
After the man allegedly tried to stow items under his baby, he was seen trying to shove an item into his trousers
Recent South Australia police statistics show shoplifting in the state has risen by nearly a third in the past 12 months.
Storeowners have been victim to a spate of petty crimes as Australia’s inflation rate has escalated and is tipped to rise to 7.75 per cent in the December quarter of this year.
The incident in Adelaide recalled the showdown between a woman pushing a baby-less pram and a shop assistant out the front of a Gold Coast Supercheap Auto store in April.
The woman had allegedly stashed stolen items from the store inside her pram before her escape was foiled by the no-nonsense cashier.
Viral footage (pictured) in April showed a stoush between an alleged thief and a store worker at a Supercheap Autos store on the Gold Coast
The man stood in the way of the alleged thief and grabbed at the handles of the pram.
Viral footage circulated of the woman screaming ‘Let my baby go’, to which the employee replied, ‘You haven’t even got a baby in there’ during the dramatic stoush.
The woman then pushed a bundle from the pram to the ground.
But instead of a baby, a few large and allegedly stolen boxes lay on the pavers.
She then departed the scene while calling the store attendant a ‘f***head’.
The attendant left the employ of the automotive chain store soon after when it expressed its disagreement with how the employee handled the incident.