Assaulted by Tesco's security guards.

jamespir

thanks for your lovely story it realy brightened my day cant wait for the rest

and security guards on all the tescos ive been in all wear security uniforms so unless your stupid he wouldnt need to say im a security guard

CHR15

jasper77 wrote: »

Then they started saying things like:
“Ooo are you afraid from the police? Hmm!

Never read so much rubbish!!

Was this the Store Guard by chance

savemoney

There was another thread like this not long here on here

Possible troll?

spike7451

savemoney wrote: »

There was another thread like this not long here on here

Possible troll?

See my post #8...Tesco's again & remarkably similar...

First I will state I am NOT a shoplifter and never have been.Anyone who assumes I am or have or that I willingly abetted anyone doing such will not be responded too. I have seen to much trolling on the net and refuse to respond to it.

I am 50 years old and I suffer with severe asthma, I also have a undiagnosed heart problem whgich in the main is because I am such a heavy smoker and it is a genetic thing in the ales in my family, we all drop around the 55 year mark from heart attacks, I have been prescribed steroids by my doctor in the past for infections that have given my doctor concerns in that area. The reason for this information is relevant as I hope you will see shortly.

I was in Tescos stores newbury the other day Thursday this week at about 4pm to 6pm with a female partner, I hate shopping and it is my norm not to trawl around the store with her but to wander off and let her do it then catch up at the tills, and usually because of past embarasment at her having to put items back due to insufficient funds I sneak out to have a cigarette.

on this occasion however after a time wandering on my own I was informed that one of our children ( aspergers) had kicked of at her and she was very upset and telling me she wanted to leave the shop, I calmed her down and said I would stay with her so it did not occur again.

I saw nothing of my partner secrete anything.

After we left the tills and went to exit the shop a large number of staff and I do mean a large number suddenly swooped on us both and told me they wanted us to go back in the shop as they believed we had stolen items on us. I was genuinly in the belief that they were off their heads and being stupid and I was not about to be treated like some thief and abused, nor was I about to publicly humiliated over nothing, many of the villages here shop at this store and many at that time of the day. Believing I was correct and that we had done nothing wrong I refused to go back in the shop and carried on walking out telling my partner to come on and not to take any notice of them.

At this point a number of large store staff grabbed me and refused to let me go, I told them to let go of me as I had done nothing wrong and at this point I was getting very angry, I was then informed by one of them that I was under arrest and thrown to the ground and kneed in the side by him, I was pinned to the floor with one member of staff holding me by each arm and refusing to let me stand up, at that point I found out my partner then to my amazement had taken a game from the shop and I had not known it, the member of staff who I believe to be a manager then searched my pockets as I was trying to find my salbutemol inhalor and he was ranting about me being a thief and having stolen property in my pockets or such, and he took an item of my property from my pocket, namely a small circular magnet inside a steel case like a speaker magnet I had found and thought was a good item for my camera repairs ( I thought it would be handy for keeping small screws etc in one place when disassembling ).
I then started to have a serious asthma attack, I couldn't breathe and my chest was hurting as I was having sharp pains around it, someone called an ambulance, I repeatedly informed the staff I needed my inhalor which was in my pocket. One member of the staff who had my left arm was saying he knew how that felt as he had asthma and was trying as far as I could understand to tell me he would get it for me, it was in the same pocket the circular magnet was in, however the other person refused to let me have ot or to put my hands in my pockets to get it out, my partner was stood screaming at them that I had heart problems and that I needed my inhalor and was trying to get to me to get it out. The member of staff I think was a manager refused to let her help me and kept refusing to let the other staff get it for me, my partner who had also been thrown on the floor and kicked and hit by a male member of staff in front of our 2 small children managed to push him away and got to my pockets and found my inhalor, by this time I was desperate for breath and having a minor fit, the manager was telling me that I was a thief and a liar and he was not believing that I needed or had an inhalor, her was quitre loud and vocal about that fact in front of members of the public.

I eventualy got to stand up when i had used my inhalor and a doctor appeared and the staff were forced to let me up.

we were both marched through the shop and then placed in a back room whereupon the police turned up and took us to Newbury police station and we were lodged in cells for over 6 hours being released on bail untill 29th january.

Whilst in custody my partner was interviewed and shown CCTV footage of what she had done, and she admitted she had taken the game, but that I knew nothing of this and she had done it because we had no money in debt and on benefits and the kids had next to nothing for xmas. I saw what she had done at that point and why, and whilst I did not agree with it I understood and felt ashamed she had been pushed to that point.

I was also interviewed by the police and was informed that my wife had admitted this matter and that the store had been following her with CCTV cameras throughout and the police told me that someone had seen her with the box, and they had followeed her with cameras or such that they had zoomed in to the trolley seen the box with game then the box empty and that was when they decided to follow her in person or such, I was also told that whilst they had seen her do it they had not seen me interact in this or have any knowledge or otherwise in the matter.

In short they could not say I had had anything to do with what happened other than the fact I was with her shopping.

I will state right now that you can take this post at face value, I fully intend to proescute Tescos Newbury for what they did too me, or I perceive they illegaly and wrongly did to me. From what thepolice tell me it is as this.

They have seen my partner do something but the cameras and staff are aware I have done nothing, they then grab me accuse me of stealing and throw me on the floor, they refuse me my medication when having an asthma attack and verbally and physically abuse me. They commit an unlawfull arrest because from my understanding even if they are right in the fact that they can physically detain me they did not read me my rights as he told me he was arresting me, and in short they had NO reason to stop or detain me as I had done nothing and they knew this from their own footage and surveillance of us. I intend to sue them individually and as a store for not only the false imprisonment and any criminal acts they have done, ie the kneeing me in the chest when on the ground and the violent twisting of my arm above and behind my head whilst on the floor but also for breaching my human and or civil rights in that they denied me my inhalor when it was plain I needed it and any other matters I can.

The manager also tried to imply that I had the magnet for unlocking some security boxes or such which was plain stupid, again they have footage of our complete journey through the store and I plainly never used it for any nefarious purpose or even took it out of my pocket, I was also under the belief that those cases were electronicly opened by a gizmo at the end of the tills.

I would appreciate any help,ideas or advice you can give me in proceeding with just that, and how to get copies of all CCTV footage and statements etc given by their staff.

I rarely get online as I do not have a connection at home so if you think I have dissapeared I have not.

savemoney

Can we have a troll button?

lemma1968

Was he wearing his pyjamas by any chance?

Antispam

I always carry this handy in case I need it

DCFC79

This sounds familiar to another thread a few months ago where the OP had been stopped by tesco security oh looks like spike has alread posted that post

jasper77

CarJacker wrote: »

I find it difficult to believe this version of events.

Particularly this part:

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“Ooo are you afraid from the police? Hmm! Give us now your name and address and we will do a check on you.” Then one of them was saying: “Get his driving license.”
Finally surrounded by three men one of which was holding his arms, my brother gave them his names, address and date of birth. YES PEOPLE, YES this is just by going shopping at Tesco and asking the security guard to show his ID as he was already doing something that he has no rights to do, by stopping and searching inside the shop.

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How would they know he had a driving licence?

I smell a windup.

but nevertheless - the only single act that could be worth police attention is when unwanted physical contact was applied (he was physically held by the other staff).

"Get his driving license" was said as presume that he had one.

jasper77

AfterDark wrote: »

Was thinking the same, especially when he said 3 other staff were involved. The staff are normal people, most on min wage.... they would know this was wrong and would not want to risk there jobs. Also if it did happen you would demand a manager THERE and THEN if you were being abused to this level by staff

He was late for work, any more delay could of cot him the job.