Police snare France's 'Robin Hood' cashier
Oliver Gee - [email protected] •
21 May, 2015
Updated Thu 21 May 2015 09:11 CEST
A woman who worked on a supermarket checkout in eastern France has been caught after "forgetting" to scan items for her less well-off customers, with police swooping in when she sold a computer for just €10.
The 57-year-old woman had worked for 15 years at the Auchan Saint-Genis-Laval store, south of Lyon, reported Europe1 radio.
And with a habit of forgetting to scan items for her more hard-up customers, she has been dubbed "a modern Robin Hood" in the French media.
However, her tactics came under suspicion of the management, who used security cameras to try and catch her in the act.
Earlier this month, they zoomed in on her register to find she was in the process of selling a €500 computer for the price of €10.49.
Police were called to the scene where they arrested her and escorted her to the police station.
She admitted to trying to help people who were struggling in life.
She has been suspended from her job, and risks a permanent dismissal.
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The 57-year-old woman had worked for 15 years at the Auchan Saint-Genis-Laval store, south of Lyon, reported Europe1 radio.
And with a habit of forgetting to scan items for her more hard-up customers, she has been dubbed "a modern Robin Hood" in the French media.
However, her tactics came under suspicion of the management, who used security cameras to try and catch her in the act.
Earlier this month, they zoomed in on her register to find she was in the process of selling a €500 computer for the price of €10.49.
Police were called to the scene where they arrested her and escorted her to the police station.
She admitted to trying to help people who were struggling in life.
She has been suspended from her job, and risks a permanent dismissal.
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