hi... when my inident happened, It was 3 month ago n i havn't heard anyhting from police since then. i shoplifted some cosmetics n go caght by a LP

The staff said. " IF I PAY THE FINE, THEY WONT REPORT TO POLICE"
and they did not call the police.

I wonder that when they say such thing, do they mean it most of the time, or they just wanna make the thing go smoother and later procecute you? im sorry if i seem to ask the same thing over n over,,but im really worried still..oh, and the place i got caught was in UK,,,so they might have much different prosecuting system and timeline?