An ex-shop assistant in the Republic of Ireland has been awarded €17,000 in damages after claiming she had been publicly accused of trying to steal a French maid's outfit.
The UK-based chain sells lingerie, sex toys and adult party wear. Shop assistant Michelle O’Neill, 40, of Artane, Co Dublin, said that she had been humiliated when her team leader accused her of stealing a black-and-white French maid’s outfit in earshot of her colleagues and customers.
Barrister Michael Fox, counsel for Ms O'Neill, told Mr Justice Matthew Deery that another staff member, Gloria Kangstrom, had searched Ms O'Neill's bag and lifted the parcel from it and asked: "A maid's outfit?"
After discovering her mistake she said to other staff: "Oh! I thought it was a French maid's outfit in her bag."
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