Retailer criticised over treatment of Walker Smith, who tackled shoplifter stealing Easter eggs at London store
Waitrose is under growing pressure to reinstate an employee of 17 years who was sacked after tackling a shoplifter who was trying to steal Lindt Gold Bunny Easter eggs.
The retailer has been criticised for its treatment of Walker Smith, who described his devastation after managers fired him two days after he stopped the shoplifter taking items from the display of Easter eggs.
After Smith told the Guardian he had lost his job after the incident, a fundraiser was launched on his behalf and has since raised more than £2,000, with the organiser claiming he had “simply tried to do the right and noble thing”.
On Sunday, Smith explained that a customer alerted him to someone filling a bag with Lindt chocolate eggs.
