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Bootle shopworker sacked for tackling suspected bacon thief

Eileen Fox, a 56-year-old employee at a convenience store in Bootle, Merseyside, has spoken out after being dismissed for intervening in a suspected shoplifting incident. Fox described the decision to terminate her employment as “very harsh.” She explained that she had confronted a regular shoplifter by grabbing the woman’s coat sleeve when she saw her…