Mate shoplifted a plaster, and I was a 'accomplice'.. in back of super drug for 2 hours+ False imprisonment?

Basically, we went into superdrug to buy a plaster, I left him to it and went to look at other things. I went back to see him, and they were 拢1.95, and he said he had just taken one out of an open packet. I didnt think much of it. So we walked out and sat on a bench, and he put it on (he had a blister) then this man came up to us in plain clothes and showed us some iD, he was like ';ye come with me, to my mate'; and said I had to come aswell because I was an accomplice.





We went into this small room in Superdrug, and he wrote out some banning notices. They didn't look very offical, and they didnt take any picture or anything, so I cant imagine they actually mean much. But I'll trust him on that one. Then this guy said he had to ring our parents to come and pick us up, because he had a ';duty of care'; and if we went of and got hit by a bus it would be there fault. So he rang both our parents, and for some reason refused to tell them it was a plaster. My dad couldn't pick me up, but my mates mum came and took us both home, this whole thing went on from 3:20, all the way to 5:30. I was told by someone I know that I can do them for false imprisonment as I wasn't offered anything to eat or drink, and my friend wasn't allowed to go to the toilet.





What do you think of this. Also in your opinion, do you think I did anything wrong?Mate shoplifted a plaster, and I was a 'accomplice'.. in back of super drug for 2 hours+ False imprisonment?
By law...because you were aware of the theft but neglected to stop or report the theft...you become an accomplice to the theft.





The plain clothesman was store security and a representative of the owner who complied with his company policy to ';trespass'; you from using the store but declined to have you arrested possibly due to your young age.





The ';duty of care'; is an issue where you MUST be released to a responsible parent or legal guardian.





You were NOT violated and because you were detained for committing a crime, there was NO false imprisonment!





Being ';held'; for two hours does not invoke some special constitutional right that you be provided breakfast, lunch, and dinner.





My suggestion, next time do the right thing and you can avoid the inconvenience your mate caused!Mate shoplifted a plaster, and I was a 'accomplice'.. in back of super drug for 2 hours+ False imprisonment?
let it go. you weren't harmed and they didn't call the police. get on with your life.
Apparently you live on the other side of the pond. You're lucky that you didn't get the police called on you. It is the stores resposibility to contact your parents. They did the correct thing here. You were in the wrong for allowing your friend to walk out of the store with the item he stole. You were an accomplice and accessory. You have no case. You're lucky that all your got was a tresspass issued from the store. Let it go. If you try to go after them for false imprisonment, they can in turn press charges for theft. 2 hrs of your life for not having a record is worth it.
Superdrug are a massive business, try to sue their employee and they may counter sue your friend for criminal damage (opening the plaster packet) and shoplifting.





They are also well within their rights to use reasonable force to detain individuals for a reasonable amount of time in cases of shoplifting. What is deemed reasonsble is decided by the courts and there is nothing to say that they can't detain you for 2 hours. Indeed the police are increasingly putting cells in shopping centres and supermarkets so shoplifters can be detained more easily.





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I would also be grateful that they didn't involve the police, and if I were you I would choose my friends more carefully in future.
just be lucky both of you were not put to jail. our former worker had that trouble with an accomplice who shoplifted. 5 of them in the group and only one did the act. so both of them (5) were taken into custody for interrogation.it could be just OK and not be worst if they have visa, but because all of them are illegals, so they were brought to the jail for 2months imprisonment as punishment for shoplifting, and 2months being held at the immigration center to process the papers for deportation.
Careful here. You may not have known this, but it is possible for a professional forensic annalist to S.C.A.N. a written statement like yours and discriminate between a truthful statement and a lie.


It is clear from the contents of your statement and the structure of your wording that you were part of the theft (shoplifting). ';I didn't think much of it. So we walked out ...'; gave you away. You did commit an offense. Whether you can be found guilty will be based on the available evidence. What I think of this? You were a ';citizens'; arrest, which is correct by law. However, they need to be reasonable in how they treat you, especially coming to minors. Remember, if you had not stolen with your friend, you would not have been detained.
';Guilt by association';





You got screwed. . ., can you do anything about it. No. The security officer can keep you there for a reasonable amount of time. You were kept until an adult could pick you up, that is reasonable. They are not required to supply you with food and drink at all. Your friend did not get to go to the toilet because they did not want him stealing anything else. You can not sue for false imprisonment. You might try suing your buddy for damaging your reputation.