Home Watch: Family use child to shoplift goods in Pick N Pay store

Watch: Family use child to shoplift goods in Pick N Pay store

Keeping it in the family really shouldn’t apply to acts of criminality, but footage shared online this week shows the moment when a brazen group of relatives decided to pick up their ‘four-finger discounts’ – by involving a child in their masterplan. The CCTV clip is taken from a Pick N Pay Express store and it has been viewed thousands of times online.

‘A family affair’ – group shoplifters caught on CCTV

The minute-long video shows family members, positioned in different points of the store, helping themselves to goods from the shelves. Items are stuffed into pockets, and concealed in clothing. The group then congregates to compare what they’ve found during the haul as some products fall to the floor.

The child in particular struggles to juggle the smuggled items. It’s not clear just how successful this mission to raid the local Pick N Pay was, but with their new-found social media fame, there won’t be many places left for the tight-knit thieves to hide. As you can see in the video below, one of the shoplifters seems pleased as punch with their illicit booty.

Watch: Pick N Pay thieves use child to steal food

Social media divided by Pick N Pay video

We are still waiting on an official update from law enforcement authorities on this matter: The video has sparked something of a debate online. Whereas many viewers are scathing about the level of criminality on show – and the involvement of a youngster – others express genuine sympathy for a family that *might* be facing financial hardships.

  • Twitter users were either on this side of the fence…
  • Or this one…


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