Morrisons Sacks Manager for Tackling Shoplifter
21st April 2026
A Morrisons store manager claims he was sacked after tackling a prolific shoplifter.
Sean Egan, 46, said he intervened when a shoplifter became abusive and aggressive while being escorted from his store in Aldridge, near Walsall, in the West Midlands.
At his disciplinary hearing, Mr Egan, who had worked in the store for 29 years, said he had been told he would be dismissed on the grounds of not following the company’s deter-and-not-detain policy.
No good deed goes unpunished.