Caught Shoplifting

oxandbucks

Ok, yes I was caught Shoplifting, call me what you want. I need advice. The manager says he has me on camera and he said he thinks I robbed €1,500 worth of goods.

I admit that I have robbed but I dispute the amount. The items that I robbed would have been nappies, bread, soft drinks.
He says he doesn't want to call the Garda but he wants money off me.

I have never been in trouble with the law and I am very nervous now. I don't know what to do. Should I call the Garda, go to a solicitor....?

Could I go to prison?

Any advice please.

tomwaits48

Pay the money?

dulux99

Go on the run I reckon. Bring the soft drinks and nappies with you.

iamwhoiam

Yes pay for what you stole .

K.Flyer

€1,500 in one go, or over several visits to the shop?

Uriel.

I assume you're long gone off the premises and not in a position to hand back the goods?

Does the manager know you?

You're not a great thief.

iamwhoiam

dulux99 wrote: »

Go on the run I reckon. Bring the soft drinks and nappies with you.

And leave the sliced pan ?

o1s1n

Have some toast with coke and **** yourself?

Johnnycanyon

Go talk to the manager and ask him how he reckons what you stole amounts to 1500, stinks like blackmail to me..if you can't come to a deal with him let him get the guards and if you end up in court inform the judge about the pay off the manager wanted from you for a few items..if you weren't in trouble before a jail sentence would be highly unlikely.

Collie D

Why would you call the Guards?

Strazdas

K.Flyer wrote: »

€1,500 in one go, or over several visits to the shop?

It would be virtually impossible to steal that much from a supermarket in one go. That would be the equivalent of five or six full trolley loads of groceries (unless you had taken 50 litres of vodka or whiskey or something)

frag420

Move to a country with no extradition treaty with Ireland...rob them!!

frag420

Strazdas wrote: »

It would be virtually impossible to steal that much from a supermarket in one go. That would be the equivalent of five or six full trolley loads of groceries (unless you had taken 50 litres of vodka or whiskey or something)

Such a defeatist attitude...aim high, such as the top shelf with the premium vodka, wont be long getting 1.5k of liquor!

OldMrBrennan83

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brevity

Tell him to show you the CCTV.

Strazdas

oxandbucks wrote: »

He knows me to see. He wants me to go to him tomorrow to talk

Can he prove that you stole items on several occasions, does he have CCTV footage?

fxotoole

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrwjiO1MCVs

oxandbucks

Collie D wrote: »

Why would you call the Guards?

Would it not be better if I called them rather than him?

OldMrBrennan83

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Sal Butamol

oxandbucks wrote: »

Ok, yes I was caught Shoplifting, call me what you want. I need advice. The manager says he has me on camera and he said he thinks I robbed €1,500 worth of goods.

I admit that I have robbed but I dispute the amount. The items that I robbed would have been nappies, bread, soft drinks.
He says he doesn't want to call the Garda but he wants money off me.

I have never been in trouble with the law and I am very nervous now. I don't know what to do. Should I call the Garda, go to a solicitor....?

Could I go to prison?

Any advice please.

Call the Gardai. Admit everything.

Do it before the manager gets to them first.

Strazdas

Strazdas wrote: »

It would be virtually impossible to steal that much from a supermarket in one go. That would be the equivalent of five or six full trolley loads of groceries (unless you had taken 50 litres of vodka or whiskey or something)

Trolley full of clothes/textiles could easily add up to that. They may have the OP on camera from several visits and were waiting to nab him. I know the security guys where I work sometimes do this.

jamesbere

Rob him again, that will teach him to mess with you

If you cough up some of the money he will likely just bar you from the shop and forget about it.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

frag420 wrote: »

Such a defeatist attitude...aim high, such as the top shelf with the premium vodka, wont be long getting 1.5k of liquor!

Some of the nappies cost more than the vodka.


I'd imagine the OP has no idea of the total value of all her loot.

why don't you honestly estimate how much value you stole and pay him that amount. no skimping.
I guess that if he's the manager, not the owner - then contact the owner or higher up manager instead.

freshpopcorn

Had you a very big trolley?

fxotoole

Pay him the €1500, then rob it back off him

Fann Linn

Get Finian McGrath TD, Joe Duffy, Cllr.Jimmy Guerin and all the good people of Howth and Clontarf to fight on your behalf.

After all, its not as if its €100,000.

freshpopcorn

oxandbucks wrote: »

No, a small buggy

Was it a very expensive shop?

Stigura

OP; This Is 'AH' and I've no Dog in this fight.

But, I have direct and personal experience of working in 'Plain Clothes Retail Security'. What the public call a " Store Detective ".

Tell that chancer to go fcuk himself!

Dakota Dan

oxandbucks wrote: »

No, a small buggy

Why do you need to rob when you can get state benefits?

oxandbucks

glasso wrote: »

why don't you honestly estimate how much value you stole and pay him that amount. no skimping.
I guess that if he's the manager, not the owner - then contact the owner or higher up manager instead.

I honestly don't know. It was nappies, Spar ones, took them a few times, bread sweets/soft drinks.
I don't believe it is what he said. Maybe €300

seanrambo87

If you do go back for a chat, record it in case he asks for payment in kind. That'll get ya off the hook, he may end up paying you 1500 for silence

fxotoole

On a more serious note, this lad is obviously a chancer. Get a solicitor to write to the owner of the shop. If this lad is trying to extort you, I’m pretty sure the shop owner would be less than impressed that his store manager is trying to extort people!

KaiserGunner

oxandbucks wrote: »

Several visits. But I never took loads, I would buy stuff and take some. I know I'm an idiot and know and knew it was wrong

Sorry mate, you’re a serial robber. Fair enough if you stole once, maybe a mistake, second time....meh, but after that, you knew what you were doing. I can’t think of a defense for your mistake.

freshpopcorn

oxandbucks wrote: »

I honestly don't know. It was nappies, Spar ones, took them a few times, bread sweets/soft drinks.
I don't believe it is what he said. Maybe €300

Did you remember to use your loyalty card?
You might be able to work out the amount from points earned!

McMurphy

Stigura wrote: »

OP; This Is 'AH' and I've no Dog in this fight.

But, I have direct and personal experience of working in 'Plain Clothes Retail Security'. What the public call a " Store Detective ".

Tell that chancer to go fcuk himself!

I think I might have seen you in a few videos on Brazzers.

Looks like a good job tbh.

Chaos Tourist

Hi OP

There is a chance this manager could be reading/ be made aware of this thread. Maybe you're not too worried about that.

freshpopcorn

Chaos Tourist wrote: »

Hi OP

There is a chance this manager could be reading/ be made aware of this thread. Maybe you're not too worried about that.

The manager isn't but the assistant manager might be!

oxandbucks

KaiserGunner wrote: »

Sorry mate, you’re a serial robber. Fair enough if you stole once, maybe a mistake, second time....meh, but after that, you knew what you were doing. I can’t think of a defense for your mistake.

I'm not looking for a defence. I know what I done, it's kind of an addiction for me, I don't always do it. I just sometimes get an urge to do it. No excuse, I'm the first to admit that I'm a scumbag for doing this.

freshpopcorn

Over how long of a period this occur?
Did you use the items or pass them onto other people?

Hitman3000

oxandbucks wrote:

No, a small buggy

Was there a child in the buggy?

clio_16v

oxandbucks wrote: »

I'm not looking for a defence. I know what I done, it's kind of an addiction for me, I don't always do it. I just sometimes get an urge to do it. No excuse, I'm the first to admit that I'm a scumbag for doing this.

Tell him you need time to think about it. Wait a week or 2 and hope the cctv footage has been wiped and that he didnt make a backup

yenom

Was it the Try N Save shop?

fxotoole

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Over how long of a period this occur?
Did you use the items or pass them onto other people?

Irrelevant

Stigura

Stigura wrote: »

I have direct and personal experience of working in 'Plain Clothes Retail Security'. What the public call a " Store Detective ".

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

I think I might have seen you in a few videos on Brazzers.

Looks like a good job tbh.

I already mugged myself into googling what " Xhamster " was, tonight. No fcuking way am I going near " Brazzers "!

fxotoole

Hitman3000 wrote: »

Was there a child in the buggy?

Also irrelevant

weldoninhio

fxotoole wrote: »

Also irrelevant

Objection, your honour :rollseyes:

fxotoole

weldoninhio wrote: »

Objection, your honour :rollseyes:

Sustained

Hitman3000

fxotoole wrote:

Also irrelevant

Thanks but the question wasn't directed at you.

JP Liz V1

oxandbucks wrote: »

Several visits. But I never took loads, I would buy stuff and take some. I know I'm an idiot and know and knew it was wrong

And only now you got caught :eek: