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Nailed! Security guard and three police officers interrogated grammar girl who painted one fingernail in Boots
Neil Sears
DailyMail
Friday, July 18, 2008
Millions of schoolgirls – and plenty of grown women – have tried out cosmetics on themselves in shops before deciding whether to buy.
So when grammar school girl Hannah Gilbert, 12, popped into Boots on only her second trip into town by herself, she thought nothing of painting a single thumb with nail polish to see how it looked.
But her shopping expedition turned into a nightmare when a security guard suddenly appeared and told her that if she failed to buy the product she would be guilty of theft.
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Tearful Hannah, a member of a Christian youth fellowship group, did not have enough money to pay for the £6.29 peach-coloured Revlon polish – so was ordered into an office to wait for the police.
An hour later, three officers arrived to interrogate her, even though a check on her lawabiding family’s records revealed no evidence of any criminal history.
And it was only when the frightened girl’s parents Barry, 57, an engineer, and Cheryl, a 46-year-old nurse, hurried to the shop to pay for the nail polish that she was finally freed.
Mr and Mrs Gilbert have spoken of their disgust at the ‘heavy handed’ treatment of their daughter, demanded an apology, and vowed never to shop in Boots again.
They said they were astonished to be told in the course of the incident that as Hannah was over ten she could be forcibly restrained – even though she had made no attempt to escape.
Hannah, a pupil at Folkestone School for Girls who lives with her parents and brother Steven, 16, in St Mary’s Bay in Kent, is still traumatised by her experience.
It took place last week when she had a day off school while her teachers were undergoing training. Hannah said: ‘I went into the shop and saw a nail polish which I thought looked all right. There were no testers so I put a tiny bit on my thumbnail.
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14 Responses to “Nailed! Security guard and three police officers interrogated grammar girl who painted one fingernail in Boots”
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July 18th, 2008 at 10:11 am
You know i bet these “security” and “law enforcement” people don’t even get payed that much for abandoning their honor, morality, reason, and decency.
Real Peace Officers are going to get tired of this, and hopefully stop it from happening in their presence. Where the hell is Frank Serpico?
July 18th, 2008 at 11:42 am
They sent him to ground zero. that’s the problem, all the good cops from all over the US are dead and dying from the deadly chemical cocktail from 9/11
All you have left are the jackbooted nazi wannabees.
July 18th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
The police DO NOT serve the interests of the working classes. The police are security guards for the wealthy and protect their interests. The police are the ENEMIES of the poor, particularly the taxpaying poor.
July 18th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
I woulda told them to go pound sand, and walked outta the store, when I have kids Imma teach em the same disrespect for authoritarian figures, they might get hurt, thrown in jail, or worse for it, but I’m not gonna have a bunch of dumbed-down spineless brats for kids (knock on wood) If the guy came after me, well them I would have gone to jail. To bad people in America suck, not like in England. I think someone in power said it best, we americans won’t value our freedoms until they are stripped away from us one by one, maybe until its to late. Its like the hangman video my social studies teacher showed us in fifth grade. The hangman comes to town, and hangs the villagers one by one, no body stands up primarily because its not them, they think it never could be them! But when the noose comes a calling, will anybody speak for you?
July 18th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
WELCOME TO GORDON(THE MORON)BROWN’S BIG BROTHER POLICE LOVE. LET THE REVOLUTION BEGIN!!!!!
July 18th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Looks like SOME people like picking on little girls.
July 18th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
just think while they were harassing this poor girl, REAL criminals were committing REAL CRIMES.
July 19th, 2008 at 6:08 am
speakin’ of orwell…
i liken ‘it’ to a combo. 1984 Down on ‘Animal Farm’.
July 19th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
What?!! I have never heard of such harrassment before in my life over something so common, even if there was no sampler. No samplers generally mean that someone will “create” a sampler, but it is questionable as to doing it. Still, to do that to a 12 year girl getting out and learning about life will remain as part of her for the rest of her life.
All I am going to end this with is something that maybe only us females will understand involving cosmetics and maybe domestic relationships also, and that is……….
MEN!!!!!!
Rhonda
(I am woman, hear me roar—GROWLLLL)
July 19th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
The problem with these “security guards” is POWER, we know they make a MONKEYS salary and often are not allowed to carry a gun (thank GOD because most are MORONS).
Many will keep their jobs no matter how much honor, morals, ethics etc they must or do give up because they like the feel of power tht it give them and because most of them will NEVR have a job of any other form of power or prestiege, they will be good little MONKEYS and abuse what ever little bit of power these jobs give them.
The good news is that one day SOON, EVERY SINGLE ONE of the monkey gurads, police, etc are going to get back what they dished out.
July 20th, 2008 at 3:05 am
Yes I agree. The story on the Daily Mail: “Police attempt to arrest teenager prompts mass riot in England ” says it all. The steam is building.
What amazes me is this…”They said they were astonished to be told in the course of the incident that as Hannah was over ten she could be forcibly restrained” Wow, are the parents the frogs in the slowly warming pot or what? You MUST know your governments intentions…always!
Honestly, the British Govt. must be replaced wholeheartedly. Not like the orchestrated charade (Meeting in Sibiu) in Romania. Tell me, when you remove the cap (Ceausescu/top advisers) from a bottle of piss (Rest of Romanian Communist ruling class) and throw the cap away…isn’t it still a bottle of piss. The Romanian citizenry made a crucial error…they didn’t bother to pour out the piss!
British citizens DO NOT make that same mistake if or when you decide to take action.
January 9th, 2009 at 5:12 am
Alot of Criminals get jobs at security. Theres been stories of women whove been raped assaulted, and even killed by these Rent A Cops.
You wouldnt believe how many total Psychos work as Security Guards. Most of them are too mentally unstable to ever get a real badge. So they get their power trip off by harassing normal citizens. Usually teenagers Elderly and Children who cannot defend themselves.
Dont trust a security guard. If one confronts you, tell them you will call the police.
Stay armed. Keep a concealed weapon like mace or a tazer. Have strong male friends travel with you, in case one of these steroid freak pussies tries to harm you, then you can floor them.
January 23rd, 2009 at 11:15 am
Sickening to see these predators that see children as criminals.
February 27th, 2009 at 7:15 am
Sadly having power over others is something that the type of “bow to me” idiots who customarily join the ranks of law enforcement can not usually handle. Working in the criminal rehab field I have seen way more abusive cops than most people ever would imagine exists. Their arrogant posture is too often unwarranted and their human compassion, empathy and views of right and wrong are totally distorted by their inflated self image. To cops being total assholes to the public is mistakenly believed to be the proper way to exhibbit their authority over others. Most are just not smart enough to understand like we do that an asshole is an asshole no matter what capasity in which they work.