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Sami Quadri

Waitrose worker sacked after 17 years for confronting Lindt Easter egg shoplifter in Clapham store

Walker Smith lsot his job over a shoplifting incident - (Facebook)

A long-serving Waitrose employee says he has been left devastated after losing his job of 17 years for intervening when a suspected shoplifter filled a bag with luxury Easter eggs.

Walker Smith, 54, was working at the supermarket’s Clapham Junction branch in south London when a shopper alerted him to the alleged theft.

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