One Stop shop worker sacked after trying to tackle suspected shoplifter

Convenience store employee Eileen Fox, 56, said suspect ‘banged into metal stand’ but no one was injured in incident

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A convenience store worker was sacked after trying to tackle a woman who she suspected was shoplifting bacon.

Eileen Fox said the suspected thief was “well known” in Bootle, Merseyside , and claimed she had been stealing from the shop for years.

The 56-year-old described in a social media post how she “grabbed the sleeve of her coat and in the scuffle she banged into a metal stand”. She added: “No one was injured in the incident.”

Fox was reportedly called in to an investigatory meeting with senior managers at One Stop and suspended the following day.

Despite her actions being “completely out of character”, Fox revealed that two weeks later, on 11 May, she was dismissed from her job.

“What message does this send to the thieves? Come on in, help yourselves, the staff in the shop can’t touch you, cause then they’ll be punished while you get away scot-free,” she asked.