Mum shoplifting in Tesco

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Not so much an Aibu but its bothering me.
I was in tesco before, just arrived and was faffing about near the entrance getting a scan as you shop scanner thing.
A lady was leaving the shop and the alarms went off. Security took her to one side and found she was leaving with stuff she hadn't paid for. The security guard and 3 staff from the customer service kiosk went through her push chair and when they found more unpaid for stuff they took her through to the back.
Her child was roughly same age as my youngest.

I feel sorry for her. Yes I know she could be a thieving chancer with enough money but she wasn't nicking luxuries like bottles of booze, it was nappies and calpol from what i saw. What will likely happen to her? She looked so embarrassed.

Is steal too or the local fruggies round here steal to order anyway
they walked out of our local tesco with £80 worth of toilet roll the otherday
staff said they will do nothing 😳

You feel sorry for her jeez.
Stuffs not free.
Perhaps you wouldn't be sympathetic if she stole from you.🙆

If it involves a child we have to report to the police.
If it meets the criteria for child exploitation (I don't think the one in OP does) the police have to categorize it as I cat/grade 1 for immediate response (within 20 mins)
In other cases police rarely attend the store itself but the security & loss prevention colleague would have taken her details & asked to see ID this would then be reported online to police.
CCTV is also supplied to the police & stored for recognition & identification (depending on company policy)
Police would assess the report & follow up & would complete a safeguarding referral.

Well. at least you admit that it's all your imagination.