A store detective saw an elderly lady (Mrs. Robin) putting socks and packages of nylons inside her coat. When the detective confronted her, she started to cry and said that she intended to pay for the items before she left the store. The detective also noticed other items with price tags still on them in the other pockets of her coat. The items looked like another store’s products. The police were called and the woman was charged with shoplifting.
Mrs. Robin stands before the judge and claims that she was going to pay for the items and she feels that she has been unjustly treated. Her lawyer agrees and tells the judge that the store detective was too quick to grab his client and did not give her a chance to pay for the items. The lawyer is also recommending that his client sue the store detective for assault as Mrs. Robin suffered bruises on her right arm where the detective had held her.
About 10 years ago, Mrs. Robin was acquitted from a similar crime at the same store. According to the judge at that time, there was not enough proof to charge her with a shoplifting offense.
You be the judge…