Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick confronts shoplifter and it backfires

| Freelance News Reporter Published October 3, 2026 3:21pm Updated October 3, 2026 3:21pm To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Robert Jenrick’s attempt to chase after a shoplifter backfired when he was reminded of the bill he left for taxpayers following his time in Cabinet. The Reform MP was filmed confronting a woman in Brixton, south London after she left a store with several bottles of Coca Cola without paying. ‘You’ve taken like ten of those bottles’, he is shown shouting after the woman as she walks through an outdoor market. When she appeared to ignore him, he followed her and asked: ‘Do you want to go and take them back?’ She replied: ‘Allow me bruv! What the f*** has it got to do with you?” You can swear at me as much as you like, you’ve just nicked a load of stuff’, the former immigration minister persisted. Robert Jenrick pursued a woman in Brixton after seeing her steal a bottle of Coca Cola from a store (Picture:X) He continued: ‘Honestly, people like you should be in jail, and you would be under a Reform government.’ Since defecting in January this year, Mr Jenrick has shared a litany of videos of himself pursuing perceived criminals, such as tube fare dodgers. However the online reaction to the clip was divided, with many pointing out the Reform grandee’s choice of target in a visibly malnourished woman. ‘Well done to Robert Jenrick for finding 1 poor malnourished white woman and policing her over a bottle of cola while hundreds of thousands of foreign rapefugees float around stealing welfare’, one user wrote on X. The former cabinet minister chased the woman through a market, threatening that she would be ‘in jail’ under a Reform government (Picture: X/Robert Jenrick) Others drew attention to Mr Jenrick’s record in government, including as housing minister when he was found to have unlawfully approved a £1billion contract for Conservative donor and property developer Richard Desmond after sitting next to him at a fundraising dinner. Latest London news The former Tory overruled the advice of planners to approve a 1,500 home development on the Isle of Dogs in Tower Hamlets, helping Mr Desmond meet a deadline that reportedly saved the ex-publisher in the region of £40 million in community infrastructure levies. Mr Jenrick admitted at the time his decision may have been unlawful but denied having any bias towards Mr Desmond. One user responded: ‘Robert Jenrick going after people who nicked a 2 quid bottle of coke while his government handed out contracts equaling billions of pounds to their mates during covid.’ Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk. For more stories like this, check our news page. Arrow MORE: Inside the £120,000,000 South Kensington Tube station upgrade as work begins this year Arrow MORE: ‘Cold-blooded’ teens who set diners on fire in restaurant arson attack jailed Arrow MORE: Ann Widdecombe murder suspect charged with terror plot targeting Nigel Farage News Updates Stay on top of the headlines with daily email updates.