Shops ban girl, 5, for two years
The Timaru Herald | Thursday, 16 August 2007
A five-year-old girl has been served a trespass notice banning her from two supermarkets for two years for stealing a $1.50 bag of lollies.
The girl and her eight-year-old friend were caught shoplifting the sweets at Timaru’s Woolworths supermarket on Saturday afternoon.
They were with an 18-year-old, but he left the supermarket before the children were caught by the store’s duty manager.
The children were asked to sign their names on a trespass order forbidding them to set foot in both Woolworths and Countdown for two years.
Police were called and took the children home.
IMO,
Theft is theft, no matter who does it.
Comment by MikeT — Fri 17th August 2007 @ 12:43 pm