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.

Is there not a moderator of the page or an administrator? Reach out to them and tell them that it's not true and ask them to remove it.

So has the shop released your photo on social media? The sequence of events is really confusing.
Someone posted the shoplifting accusation on social media and now random strangers approach you on the street?

And threaten the group moderator with police too

Are you the Boots Sample lady,?

You need a bag for life

Oh, read the bloody thread and don’t be tedious

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@Sodastreamin @TheCurious0range if it's a store in the High Street or Shopping Centre then they are now TGJones - a separate company to WHSmith.
However not all have had their signs changed yet though but they are TGJones now.
@JenniferBooth so a member of the public accused you.
Did the staff member check your bags? Call security to check? Was it the store manager?

Not one of those posters bullying OP today, would be so cocky and amused if they were the ones being wrongly accused in 2 shops and on social media.
It's really not surprising that these bullies have not also been thanked for their politeness and custom in any if their local shops!
I'm sorry that you've posted for support OP and instead found yourself bullied and ridiculed.

Please read the thread It was two seperate incidents I was accsed on 26 July The slanderous posts was a week later Then the Sunday just gone i was harassed in a store by a young man "arent you the lady who has been stealing from WH Smith" The woman who accused me was im guessing late 30s early 40s The young bloke very early 20s possibly 18

I thought tge OP assumed the person posting in FB would the shop assistant because shop assistant was adamant that she had been shoplifting for a long time in different shops and I assume had been repeating that on FB.
If whoever put the claim in FB also put a link to the OP FB, then you can easily see how any vigilantes would then start pointing fingers. (Or a photo etc…)

It would feel quite similar to the recent OP who had issues with a pub putting a photo of people leaving wo paying but having them incl in the photo - resulting in people assuming it’s the OP who left wo paying.

Otherwise I’m a bit at loss.

IF this is what happened, I can see why it would be an issue - imagine people in your community thinking you’re a thief when you’re not! Or starting to harass you when out and about….

@JenniferBooth yes but have staff actually accused you and banned you from the shop?

YES one WH Smith staff member did

Was it the manager? Did they check your bags and see they were mistaken?

I can see you’re getting upset. Realistically I think you should report the fb comments as untrue. I think actually doing something with the law and the woman is probably pointless despite being frustrating. Anyone asks just calmly say that’s not true and go about your day.

The police don’t have time to deal with nonsense like this. You need to calm down. The appropriate course of action would be to go through Facebook’s take-down process and get them to remove the offending posts.

No they said id been seen trying to stuff magazines down my top on a previous occasion

Hello everyone, the OP of this thread and the OP of the Boots thread are not the same. So perhaps we can get this thread back on track now that this has been clarified.
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I think quite a few posters owe JenniferBooth an apology.

I am so happy this thread is back

I did already but will reiterate it, sorry for thinking you were the same poster, OP.

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A huge number of posters on this thread need to take a long, hard look at themselves.
I don't believe all of you who've been complete arseholes would be happy being falsely accused of anything.

Just because you can access the Internet doesn't mean you should.

i got accused of stealing a dog advent calender in pets at home....they didnt even stock what they accused me of stealing (i bought it in poundstretcher) and the bitch didnt even apology..humiliating even thou i did nothing wrong..

Sorry but as an aside, I love your username. That was the best Eurovision entry ever!