After our story last week about Christopher Seddon’s ‘scandalous treatment’, pressure has grown and the supermarket has agreed to a pay-outChrisopher Seddon, the 60-year-old author featured in Guardian Money last week after being falsely accused of shoplifting, has been paid a substantial sum following an outcry by readers furious at his treatment at the hands of supermarket group Waitrose.Last week we related how Seddon was accused of stealing £102-worth of meat by a security guard at Waitrose’s Chesham branch. He was grabbed by the police, handcuffed and accused of taking the meat 17 days earlier. The guard had downloaded a shot of the alleged thief from the store’s CCTV feed. Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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