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| Breastfeeding woman admits Primark lie | Breastfeeding woman admits Primark lie |
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| A mother has admitted falsely claiming a Primark security guard took her baby from her while she was breastfeeding and ordered her out of the store. | |
| Caroline Starmer, 28, appeared at Leicester Crown Court, where she pleaded guilty to a charge of intent to pervert the course of justice. | Caroline Starmer, 28, appeared at Leicester Crown Court, where she pleaded guilty to a charge of intent to pervert the course of justice. |
| Starmer, of Marshall Street, Leicester, had claimed her nine-month-old daughter was grabbed from her breast. | |
| She was warned she could be jailed when sentenced in December. | |
| In a Facebook post, she claimed the guard took hold of her daughter and marched off towards the exit of the Humberstone Gate store in Leicester on 13 July. | |
| The story was widely reported in the media and in interviews she claimed a male security guard grabbed the child from her breast. | |
| In the post, she said she picked a quiet spot in Primark to feed her daughter but was then challenged by a security guard who asked her to leave. | |
| "I stood my ground and stated my rights, that I can legally feed where I want," she wrote. | |
| "Just for the security officer to physically remove my daughter from my breast and walk down the store with her, saying if I wanted my daughter, then I was to come and get her." | |
| Leicestershire Police investigated her claims but she was charged with intent to pervert he course of justice. | |
| Primark initially said it would investigate the allegation but after viewing in-store CCTV footage denied the incident had taken place. | |
| The case was adjourned until 3 December for reports to be prepared. |