'The Black Farmer' blasts brazen shoplifters targeting store

'The Black Farmer' blasts brazen shoplifters targeting store. The 68-year-old has accused police of letting criminals get away with 'extortion' and says the country's shoplifting epidemic is reminiscent of the mafia.The Jamaican-British entrepreneur told the Daily Mail that thefts at his Black Farmer stores in Brixton and White City have risen in the last year and take place every other day. Thieves armed with knives are threatening to stab farm shop staff if they intervene, he says, who have even had their own phones stolen.