Stockroom Worker Jailed for Handling Stolen Goods: £45,298 Compensation Ordered

Grace Turner

Published: 1:00 pm August 1, 2023

Updated: 8:14 am October 8, 2025

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Lai Uong, 47, from Southfields in Gravesend was jailed for two years and eight months in 2022 after he admitted handling stolen goods.

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The stockroom worker had been stealing goods from his employer John Lewis from its store in Bluewater and re-selling them on an online site.

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