No apology from Asda, apparently.
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Big Bruv Jade never paid
Jade ... suspected of shoplifting
By ALEX PEAKE and
CHARLES RAE
JADE Goody will be getting NO apology from Asda after her arrest for suspected shoplifting, store chiefs declared last night.
They told how security cameras had tracked the Big Brother star — who left without paying for a size 16 denim waistcoat.
But they insisted she WOULD be welcome to shop there again.
A spokesman said: “CCTV followed her because they knew she was famous.
“They saw her pick up various items and put them in her basket. Then she went to checkout 19 and the waistcoat stayed over her arm.
“She did not pay for it. The checkout assistant assumed it was her waistcoat because it was not offered for payment.
“She paid for all the other items and when she left the store the alarm went off.”
Not a waist ... Jade wears 'stolen' item
Jade was hauled back inside and spurned a SECOND chance to pay for the item.
She said she had already done so and asked staff to remove its security tag.
They did — and she was allowed to leave the store in Harlow, Essex.
But Asda later alerted police, who contacted the former dental nurse.
Jade, 24, was arrested and quizzed for three hours after going to the police station.
She was eventually freed without charge.
The “George” waistcoat was returned to Asda — who said it had reviewed the CCTV, pored over receipts and checked Jade’s debit card transaction.
The store said: “We sold two size 14s that day. No size 16 was paid for.”
But the spokesman added: “Now that the stylish item has been returned, she’s not a ‘big bother’ with us. Whilst not apologising, we would like to make it clear there are no hard feelings.”
Mum-of-two Jade said at her home in Chipping Ongar yesterday: “I won’t be going back.”
Declaring her innocence she said: “I have two houses and four cars. Why would I steal a £16 jacket?”
A spokesman for the star, who is currently running a beauty parlour for her Jade’s Salon show on Living TV, claimed two shopping centres had now banned her.
The aide said: “She also had a client at her salon cancel on her.
“Quite rightly she feels like an innocent victim in all this.”
ASDA is hiring an extra 300 security staff in the run-up to Christmas.
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005460266,00.html