Tk Maxx Is Evil......

[amby9090]

Please watch this video if you shop at TK Maxx. Media URL: https://youtu.be/SzNbuq_aYfs
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[Buenchico]

From the video:
" . . . even though [the police] believed that the manager of this branch of TK Maxx was being ridiculous"

From above:
"the person in question awaiting court hearing".

If the police were clearly of the opinon that the allegation was false they wouldn't have passed the file to the Crown Prosecution Service. However the fact that the (alleged) offender is now awaiting a court appearance shows that:
(a) the police did NOT regard the matter as 'ridiculous' ; and
b) the CPS believe that, at the very least, there's prima facie evidence of an offence having been committed.

There's clearly some missing information here!

[Peter Pedant]

Yeah the viddie isnot bad

basically someone returned an objaaaaaay to TLMax
and then did it again a few weeks later
and got arrested ! ( suspicion of theft / fraud )

and the question in Law is

is this lawful ?

well the data protection act specifically excludes viddies made in the detection / prevention of crime

the question is suspicion generated because other people do it ....

detention would be lawful as soon as the police arrive
but the store may allege she 'agreed' to stay during the time they detained her or were waiting for the boys in blue

( did they arrive the next day by any chance ? )

I sympathise with Amby - I was "done" for bilking petrol
whereas the viddie shows me putting a card into the machine and therefore I said it showed an intention to pay so they had no right etc etc., [ to cpmplain to the police they thought I might have stolen it ]

[fiction-factory]

Given that the CPS has decided the case is worth taking to court I am pretty sure there must be some further evidence we haven't been told and the store were probably looking out for this individual. The video is a bit of a waste of time in that respect although it is useful for highlighting that returns are filmed- but it's no great surprise that CCTV is in place in stores is it?

[Peter Pedant]

agreed
there is a back story that we and perhaps amby has not been told about

on the face of it
s/o who returns an object and gets a refund on s/t she has bought
and then returns another object and get a second refund on a second object she has bought

hasnt broken the law and should defend any allegation / charge


The difficulty is when there is a correction on lines of#

o no it wasnt me - it was my fren' Madge and Madge SAID she had bought it but didnt have time etc etc

[Peter Pedant]

// b) the CPS believe that, at the very least, there's prima facie evidence of an offence having been committed. //

um no it is they believe there is a reasonable chance of conviction and that it is in the public interest

isnt that the test ?

I sudduv rather woke up when I read from Amby that the innocent victim had been charged
( but that of course does not imply guilt )