This is the dramatic moment an Asda supermarket worker confronted a shoplifter but was then sacked after 25 years’ loyal service for trying to prevent him from getting away.
Gavin Ramsay, 49, worked as a porter collecting trolleys and shopping baskets at the Asda supermarket in South Shields when he saw a group of rowdy young people emerge from the store with bottles of alcohol they had stolen.
He was dismissed for gross misconduct two weeks after the incident for not adhering to the retailer’s policy that staff should not physically challenge shoplifters.
His case comes in the week details emerged of the
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