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Hi.
A few months ago I was in my local Tesco store and I reached in and grabbed a single sweet from one of the ‘pick & mix’ sweet containers and put it in my mouth. Within seconds a Security Guard shouted at me and then told me I was banned from the store for a year. He asked for my name but nothing more than that then told me to leave the store and that if I returned the Police would be called and I’d be arrested.
I know what I did was wrong and I don’t want to make excuses for my actions but, just to explain myself, I suffer from extreme anxiety and had no intention to ‘steal’ the sweet. I was feeling very anxious and find environments such as Supermarkets rather uncomfortable due to the large number of people around me. It’s difficult to explain but I reached for the sweet almost without even thinking what I was doing and in an attempt just to kind of blend in as I was feeling a mixture of paranoia and anxiety.
I want to know if this ban is legitimate and legally justifiable. Any advice or clarification of my rights in this situation would be very much appreciated.
Much thanks,
Dave (S.Wales)
A few months ago I was in my local Tesco store and I reached in and grabbed a single sweet from one of the ‘pick & mix’ sweet containers and put it in my mouth. Within seconds a Security Guard shouted at me and then told me I was banned from the store for a year. He asked for my name but nothing more than that then told me to leave the store and that if I returned the Police would be called and I’d be arrested.
I know what I did was wrong and I don’t want to make excuses for my actions but, just to explain myself, I suffer from extreme anxiety and had no intention to ‘steal’ the sweet. I was feeling very anxious and find environments such as Supermarkets rather uncomfortable due to the large number of people around me. It’s difficult to explain but I reached for the sweet almost without even thinking what I was doing and in an attempt just to kind of blend in as I was feeling a mixture of paranoia and anxiety.
I want to know if this ban is legitimate and legally justifiable. Any advice or clarification of my rights in this situation would be very much appreciated.
Much thanks,
Dave (S.Wales)
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