Children in Balaclavas Raid Shop While Smiling Parents Watch
19th September 2026
Balaclava-clad children as young as five have been filmed shoplifting in a brazen raid.
Erdogan Yigitoglu, who runs the corner shop targeted by the youths in Charminster, Dorset, claimed that the children’s parents had stood nearby and congratulated their offspring afterwards.
Security footage showed two children approaching stalls where fruit and vegetables were displayed, before hurriedly helping themselves to a slice of watermelon.