Was caught shoplifting, first time offence, need opinions…?
It will have been noted somewhere or in other term logged onto a police computer. Over time and with no further incidents it is lost so to speak. Uni at 18 and finish at 21 give you nearly four years for it to fade into the system. But depending on career choice and whether a enhanced CRB check will kick it up you will have to wait and see. If it kicks up on a check it will be on the document and will have some effect on employment opportunities. I think you need to confide in you mum, because you need to so as to get it out of your system and to talk to someone about it. Your mother then can talk to the police officer for you and see what the true implications are for the future. You cannot carry this inside you for ever without telling anyone, if not your mother an aunt or grand parent. You have to let it out so it does not mess you up which it what can happen when you store a secret like his.
