Five-year-old boy wins defamation case against Lidl

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A five-year-old Irish boy who was wrongly accused of stealing a bag of crisps has won 7,500 euros damages for defamation of character.

The case, reported in the Irish Times on Wednesday, concerned Tadhg Mooney from Balbriggan in County Dublin.

The court heard he was in a local branch of Lidl with his mother in June 2009 when a shop assistant grabbed his arm and made the accusation.

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[Cronus]

So the shop manager ignored the receipt that was shown...

Hope that jobsworth little Hitler was sacked then.

[barrowmanandrew]

ridiculous, if you think the lads taken something...
what do you do?????

1. pull up the parent?
A. yes
2. challenge or lay your hand on the child?
A. hell no!!!!

if a shop assistant grabbed my 5 year old lads arm...
they'd have more than a ~~~~in court case to worry about....