Boss hangs 'thief' sign on employee and hauls him to police station

A boss who suspected a worker of theft decided to make an example of him.

Simon Cremer and three of his employees allegedly wrestled Mark Gilbert to the ground, tied his hands behind his back and bundled him into a van.



They then drove him to the town centre where he was made to wear a sign naming him as a thief. He was paraded in front of startled shoppers before being frogmarched 350 yards to the police station, where he was arrested on suspicion of theft.

But the stunt backfired on the accusers after they were arrested on a range of charges, including false imprisonment.