Asked by the Customer on 22-02-2015 23:43:37
Question posted in the General Law category relating to Gauteng

What happened was on Friday I quickly popped into p&p down the road from us. I got something. I remembered I needed make up took 4 items off the shelve and decided to walk around in the shop as I could decide wich one I wanted. My handbag was in one of those small trolley that take the baskets. I threw the items in the trolley not noticing it fell into my bag and not the trolley. I got to the till clean forgot about it. Paid my food and there was asked to escort the manager to his office there I was told that they were watching me on camera and saw me putting the stuff in my bag. They immediately phoned the police . I offered to pay for it but they didn't want to hear anything about it. I was escourted to the malls holding cell where I had to wait for the police. There the mall security made me sign a life time banning order and took their own "mug shot" they advised me that if I ever set foot in the mall I will be arrested for trespassing. From there the police told me that one officer will escort me in my car to the police station the other one followed in the police vehicle. At the police station I was told I can pay a R1000 fine and it will all go away. I told them I didn't have that kind of money. They then proceeded to open a case of shoplifting against me. And told me I must be in court on Tuesday and if I don't show they will hunt me down and then ill be sorry. I never left the store with the products and I Was never arrested