Wrongfully accused in Leroy Merlin
Something awful happened to my husband and I tonight. We were in Leroy Merlin in Malaga and were taking wallpaper samples from open packs to take home as we are decorating our holiday home.
We walked around the shop with the samples and gathered some other items to buy. We were queuing to pay at the till and my husband said he was going to go to the car with the samples and my jacket. On the way out he got stopped by security. He doesn’t speak Spanish and by the time I spoke to him on the phone and went to the security office he had been frisked and was being accused of theft. They were only wallpaper samples! I tried to explain when I found what had happened, that they were only samples but the security said they were too big to be samples! They must have been no more than a couple of repeats long! So no more than 50cm. When i tried to explain to security he said it was too late as the police were coming and we’d have to go to court.
The police gave us a court date in February and said my husband has come back to get fined by a judge. They made my husband sign something too. We asked if this was criminal record and they said no.
Anyway long story short we’ve been treated awfully by Leroy merlin and was wondering if anyone has some advice about what to do and how serious this is. They assured it was nothing just a fine but I’d appreciate any advice anyone can give? Muchas gracias.