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| Primark security guard 'physically removed' baby daughter from mother as she breastfed | Primark security guard 'physically removed' baby daughter from mother as she breastfed |
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| A mother has claimed a security guard at a busy Primark store physically removed her baby daughter as she breastfed and forcibly ejected her from the store. | A mother has claimed a security guard at a busy Primark store physically removed her baby daughter as she breastfed and forcibly ejected her from the store. |
| Caroline Starmer posted on the Facebook support group ‘Free to Feed’ that she was feeding her hungry nine-month-old daughter in a quiet corner of Leicester’s Primark store on Monday when she was approached by a security guard and told to leave. | Caroline Starmer posted on the Facebook support group ‘Free to Feed’ that she was feeding her hungry nine-month-old daughter in a quiet corner of Leicester’s Primark store on Monday when she was approached by a security guard and told to leave. |
| The mother of four wrote that although she explained to the security guard she was legally entitled to feed her daughter in the store, the situation escalated. | The mother of four wrote that although she explained to the security guard she was legally entitled to feed her daughter in the store, the situation escalated. |
| Mrs Starmer 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.” | Mrs Starmer 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.” |
| Following the incident, Mrs Starmer said her “confidence was shot”. | Following the incident, Mrs Starmer said her “confidence was shot”. |
| Mrs Starmer's post on Facebook | Mrs Starmer's post on Facebook |
| She said she had reported the incident to a local police station, and that her husband had complained to the assistant manager of the Leicestershire branch. | She said she had reported the incident to a local police station, and that her husband had complained to the assistant manager of the Leicestershire branch. |
| A spokesperson for the retail giant told The Independent: “We wish to make it absolutely clear that mothers are welcome to breastfeed in our stores. We are investigating this incident urgently, and take these claims very seriously.” | A spokesperson for the retail giant told The Independent: “We wish to make it absolutely clear that mothers are welcome to breastfeed in our stores. We are investigating this incident urgently, and take these claims very seriously.” |
| Leicestershire police have confirmed that they would be taking a further statement from Mrs Starmer, following her official complaint to a local station. |