Waitrose employee sacked after stopping shoplifter from taking Easter eggs

Walker Smith was a shop assistant at a branch of Waitrose in Clapham Junction, south London. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian

A Waitrose employee of 17 years has described his devastation after being sacked for stopping a shoplifter who had ransacked a display of Lindt Gold Bunny Easter eggs.

Walker Smith, a shop assistant at a branch of Waitrose in Clapham Junction, south London, was going about his normal duties when a customer stopped him. “They told me someone had filled up a Waitrose bag with the eggs,” he said.