Wrongly accused of shoplifting and harrassment.

[JenniferBooth]

Ive been maliciously accused of shoplifting. By a woman in a well known news store currently undergoing a name change. This was last month on Saturday 26th July. This was followed by someone posting false accusations about me on social media Ive reported it to the police under the Malicious Communications Act AND IVE BEEN GIVEN A CRIME NUMBER It escalated on Sunday 17th August where a man ive never met before "confronted" me in another shop (supermarket corner shop) calling me a shoplifter and repeating the same shit from last month. Ive updated the police as its harassment. Ive never shoplifted in my life. Ive got piles and piles of carrier bags from this news store and have spent a lot of money there since my teens (im now in my fifties) I was ringing solicitors yesterday but havent found one to handle a case like this.

did you report it to the platform and tell them to take it down?

Blimey, that long!

I'm bimbling on OK, about to become a granny 😃Hope you get this sorted out.

Oh congratulations Its nice to get some good news. 😊

Agree with that, quite aside from not wanting email spam, I've got the receipt in my hand when I leave the shop, should anything ever happen.

From a purely legal perspective, this was unwise, because it may well end any libel/slander claim that you had. In reality, that doesn't really matter, because it costs a LOT of money to bring any claim, and it'd be unheard of without financial loss. You would, quite literally, be throwing money away.

That's also the reason that going to the press probably wouldn't be wise.

The man who approached you - was he a member of the public, or an employee of another shop? I know our WHSmith/whatever it's now called is part of a community watch type scheme where shoplifters details are shared across stores to prevent losses. I wonder if that's where he knew you from.

It is upsetting, if you've done nothing wrong; but you have limited legal recourse. It's unlikely, although not impossible, that the CPS would look to prosecute this.

It's probably going to be a case of avoiding the store and letting everything die down, even if that feels pretty unfair right now.

Yep I got a tub of Quality Street with my card

Weird (snapshot of no results below)

What a nasty bitch

You think the OP needs a therapist so you must think they are mentally unwell, yet here you are goading them?

Your family must be so proud of you

The man who approached you - was he a member of the public, or an employee of another shop?

He was a member of the public. He was very early 20s by the look of him. The woman who works in WH Smith who accused me was maybe late 30s early 40s.

I doubt it has the same reach as a branch of Sainsbury’s.

I agree. I don’t know what people get from being like that, but it reflects badly on them.

A wrong accusation could happen to anyone, and the Facebook shaming is just appalling. And not something many of us could just ignore or rise above, surely? I’d second the suggestion about trying Citizens’ Advice.

my watchlist threads im on is showing 1699 threads. Ive searched old posts of mine before to c+P on to another thread and cant find them Does that mean they dont exist?

Omg! How many people are gonna bring up Boots lady? At this point I think you’re all just tryna wind her up so you can call her crazy. She doesn’t even know who you’re talking about. She has said she’s not that person multiple times.

to your solicitor?

I got a Christmas card and some celebrations from our sainsbos local, it's at the end of our street so the place I go for bits and pieces several times a week. Weird how people are picking on that.

OP have you contacted the store manager at Smith's? Told them about the incident and also that you believe a member of their staff is posting details on social media? I also agree with following up at your local police station.

My local Kroger does send me a Christmas card every year signed by the manager. But I'm pretty sure it's because I'm on a list based on the amount of money I spend there every year.

I might be being stupid, but wouldn't spreading the news about the shoplifting alligation cause more gossip locally? I think I would avoided the original shop, not go telling others about it?

So where is she posting? Whose social media’s page? The store?

Do you go in with pots and decant samples of Puzzler and Hello to take home?

I dont. Im not techy minded enough unlike DH who is talking about me weariing a body cam

You're doing a search not an advanced search. Click on the blue advanced search button/link you can see on your screen shot go to the box that says search by username and enter OPs username. It comes up with about 2500 posts. Don't cast aspersions about whether someone is genuine or not because you can't operate the search function.

the towns local fb page

Incorrect, there’s a large standalone WH Smith in my town and yes, still called WH Smith

Mine too