JERICHO ECHO ARTICLE
February 1981
No one would say that Jericho was a hotbed of crime but we do have our Mr. Little's. The Pinta Pinchers and the Juice Grabbers. One dairy is losing up to £4 a week through it. Maybe there are some children who are so hungry they have to steal. Maybe.
More like they are just greedy or plain spiteful and think it is funny to upset people. Its difficult to know what to do about it because no one wants to see a child: in court because its parents haven't taught it not to steal but the roundsmen are threatening to stop doorstep deliveries unless it stops. Seriously. Because the money comes out of their pockets and why should they pay, pay, pay for the Mr. Bigs of the future.