Property News · December 3, 2016

Furious readers help get justice for the man Waitrose labelled ‘shoplifter’


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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