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Grandparents thrown out of shopping centre for 'security breach'
2:45pm Wednesday 2nd January 2008
Comments (49)
TWO grandparents have been thrown out of a Hampshire shopping centre after being told they posed a terrorist threat because they had taken photographs of their grandchildren.
Ex-pats Kim and Trevor Sparshott were ejected from Fareham Shopping Centre while on a visit to relatives from their home in Spain.
A security guard swooped on the couple as they captured the moment they surprised their grandchildren by arriving at the centre unannounced.
The Sparshotts said they were told cameras are banned from the centre because of the terrorist threat.
The official then ordered them to leave and told the couple they were banned for life from returning.
Shopping centre manager Pam Gillard said taking photographs without prior permission is banned because of the security risk, but added that the Sparshotts were welcome back to the centre anytime.
Your Say YourThis is Hampshire
Oz, Southampton says...
3:08pm Wed 2 Jan 08
?, ? says...
3:20pm Wed 2 Jan 08
Slim Tim, Fareham says...
3:21pm Wed 2 Jan 08
No wonder the Sparshotts moved to Spain!
Number 1 Target, says...
3:25pm Wed 2 Jan 08
Poster please, says...
3:28pm Wed 2 Jan 08
i know best, dorset says...
3:33pm Wed 2 Jan 08
?, ? says...
3:56pm Wed 2 Jan 08
i know best wrote:okay, not very long ago, All the children went to see Father Christmas(did Fareham shopping centre have him visit)and i bet the majority of places had him visit were taking and selling photo's. how do we know these photographers are not perverts not the photographers that do the school photos.
I agree they should of been banned from the shopping centre its also a risk that perverts will be taking pictures of children you can never be to careful,any way who in there right minds want to take pics of kids in shopping centres.
Mills, southampton says...
4:09pm Wed 2 Jan 08
Poster please, says...
4:10pm Wed 2 Jan 08
? wrote:Well people who work with children under go CRB checks, which show whether or not they have been convicted for such a crime. But of course they need to have been caught.
i know best wrote:okay, not very long ago, All the children went to see Father Christmas(did Fareham shopping centre have him visit)and i bet the majority of places had him visit were taking and selling photo's. how do we know these photographers are not perverts not the photographers that do the school photos.
I agree they should of been banned from the shopping centre its also a risk that perverts will be taking pictures of children you can never be to careful,any way who in there right minds want to take pics of kids in shopping centres.
However, the central and most depressing fact is that most abusive behaviour is carried out by close family members against children, and not by shadowy strangers - they only represent a relatively small fraction. Therefore we should be cautious about them, but aware that the actual risk is very low.
Christoff, hiding undere my desk in case of a terrorist attack says...
4:38pm Wed 2 Jan 08
Grandad, totton says...
4:40pm Wed 2 Jan 08
ann taylor, 363-443 says...
4:54pm Wed 2 Jan 08
Christoff, says...
4:56pm Wed 2 Jan 08
ann taylor wrote:They don't have any, that's why they are mall managers and security guards. I dare you to go and try have a conversation with one of them
Where's the common sense of these so called security guards and mall managers, I wonder ?
Adrian Smith, Chelsea says...
5:03pm Wed 2 Jan 08
Denzil, Romsey says...
5:11pm Wed 2 Jan 08
Unbiased Reader, says...
5:21pm Wed 2 Jan 08
Grandad wrote:Your post is a bit homophobic.
This stinks !! Not allowed to take photos of your own grandchildren,But its ok for homos and lesbians to addopt kids.What a crap society this is.
And yes, as you demonstrated this is a crap society we live in.
Joe, Fawley says...
5:24pm Wed 2 Jan 08
i know best wrote:I don't think pedophiles are interested in fully clothed children in a shopping center. They don't need to take pictures to see that every day of the week, so that argument is flawed. Plus the fact they were taking pictures of their own grand kids, not any kids at random.
I agree they should of been banned from the shopping centre its also a risk that perverts will be taking pictures of children you can never be to careful,any way who in there right minds want to take pics of kids in shopping centres.
This over the top nannisem gets right up my nose. Everyone no matter how innocent has to worry now that they are brandished as pedophiles, all helped along by ignorant people and fueled by the daily tabloids that stoked up the fires after Sarah Payne's tragic death at a hands of a paedophile.
me, says...
5:25pm Wed 2 Jan 08
harlandos, says...
5:31pm Wed 2 Jan 08
ann taylor, vancouver b.c. says...
5:43pm Wed 2 Jan 08
ej, farnboro says...
5:44pm Wed 2 Jan 08
gorf, soton says...
6:28pm Wed 2 Jan 08
I'd much rather visit east street shopping centre!
Denzil, Romsey says...
6:49pm Wed 2 Jan 08
gorf wrote:Agreed. Fareham is a dump.
no big loss then...why visit fareham shopping centre anyway??? I'd much rather visit east street shopping centre!
Sholing 17, Sholing says...
7:36pm Wed 2 Jan 08
Grandad wrote:As Clive Dunn sang
This stinks !! Not allowed to take photos of your own grandchildren,But its ok for homos and lesbians to addopt kids.What a crap society this is.
"Grandad, grandad you're lovely
That's what we all think of you
Grandad, grandad you're lovely
That's what we all think of you"
Where in the song is the bit about being a bigoted ignorant grumpy old man????? People like you teach the children of the future and then moan about the youth of today.
But as a poof I agree there is something wrong when a genuine caring grandparent cannot take innocent pictures of their grand-children.
king Mush, Woolston says...
8:06pm Wed 2 Jan 08
The great unwashed public have been brainwashed by various media outlets who would have us all believe that our kids are under constant threat.
There is a word that should be used by such organisation when dealing with incidents like this.
DISCRETION
btb, Eastleigh says...
8:47pm Wed 2 Jan 08
George, says...
8:55pm Wed 2 Jan 08
This incident is a new low in the pathetic reactionary cliche stakes
George, says...
8:59pm Wed 2 Jan 08
George, says...
9:10pm Wed 2 Jan 08
btb wrote:Yeh but that's ok, because, as most burglary victims will tell you, the CCTV footage is strangely never actually used for anything. Despite the whole "it's not civilian surveillance, it's for detecting crime" sales pitch
This is just another case of one rule for one & another rule for another as shopping centres take pictures all the time with their CCTV cameras.
Joe, Fawley says...
9:58pm Wed 2 Jan 08
I do community work with young girls and someone said to me, you must be a pervert to want and do that. What a sick world we live in . Where taking a photo, or work in the community must mean you have a sinister motive.
jannersaint, Plymuff says...
11:19pm Wed 2 Jan 08
i know best wrote:It's idiots like you that mean millions of families wont take a photo of their kids on a swing or while playing Rudolph in a nativity. Get a life you sad waster. This is some grandparents surprising their family, a moment most humans with the technology would want to capture. I just dare someone to try and stop me taking a photo of MY kids whereever I am! The world isn't made up of perverts the grand majority of us are good honest individuals who love our family. If I were a terrorist I could walk through Fareham Shoping Centre and record everything. Stick a camera phone to your ear pretend to talk all while recording. You wouldn't point the latest camera boasting loads of "peggymitchells" saying smile for grandma would you. My rant is nearly at an end. I haven't read anything else after this post. This waste of space caught my attention. Everyone except this person is entitled to an opinion. OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH I'M CROSS!
I agree they should of been banned from the shopping centre its also a risk that perverts will be taking pictures of children you can never be to careful,any way who in there right minds want to take pics of kids in shopping centres.
jannersaint, Plymuff says...
11:23pm Wed 2 Jan 08
George wrote:Love your work. Three posts that cracked me up. If I didn't live in Plymuff I'd be there and I'm law enforcement!
Anyone up for an organised "flash photo-shoot" at this shopping centre? Be fun seeing them try and throw 100 or so people with cameras out all at the same time
Sue, Southampton says...
8:57am Thu 3 Jan 08
grandad, real world says...
9:43am Thu 3 Jan 08
Sholing 17 wrote:Thanks for your support sholing,Are there many poofs in your area?
Grandad wrote: This stinks !! Not allowed to take photos of your own grandchildren,But its ok for homos and lesbians to addopt kids.What a crap society this is.As Clive Dunn sang \"Grandad, grandad you\'re lovely That\'s what we all think of you Grandad, grandad you\'re lovely That\'s what we all think of you\" Where in the song is the bit about being a bigoted ignorant grumpy old man????? People like you teach the children of the future and then moan about the youth of today. But as a poof I agree there is something wrong when a genuine caring grandparent cannot take innocent pictures of their grand-children.
Glad you're not my Grandad, says...
10:22am Thu 3 Jan 08
Forget the original story (if you could call it that) your comment really does sum up society
Bailey, soton says...
10:56am Thu 3 Jan 08
grandad, real world says...
11:11am Thu 3 Jan 08
Bailey wrote:Dear Bailey glad i touched a nerve!By the way are you a wrongun? Whats right is right Whats wrong is wrong.Have you told Mum&dad yet?
I know that this is completely irrelevant BUT to the numpty writing about "Homos and Lesbians" adopting, do you really think that what you said has any other effect than provoking anger from people. There a millions of children in this world who through no fault of their own need adopting, so why not by a lesbian or "homo" as you so nicely put it. How dare you comment on a subject I ASSUME you know nothing about and how dare judge someone by how they live their lives.
Bailey, soton says...
12:07pm Thu 3 Jan 08
Bailey, SOTON says...
12:22pm Thu 3 Jan 08
Confused at the world, says...
4:27pm Thu 3 Jan 08
What is this world coming to?
Victor Ward, Toronto, Ontario says...
5:17pm Thu 3 Jan 08
Robert, says...
5:50pm Thu 3 Jan 08
Christoff, says...
8:16pm Thu 3 Jan 08
Robert wrote:you really shouldn't 'do' father xmas...most indecent
Well when I did Father Christmas a year of so ago my trousers fell off at the end but everybody had lost interest by then and I had my proper ones on underneath anyway.
Mike from the States, says...
9:00pm Thu 3 Jan 08
George wrote:Wish I lived nearby, I'd by up for a commando photo shoot. I guess it's reassuring to know that you on the other side of the pond have a similar number of people with their head up their arses. That said, it's also good to know that the overwhelming majority of you don't. But then, why is it that we regular folks seem to have lost control of our society to the foolish? This story, like scores of similar ones, would be funny if it weren't so damned depressing.
Anyone up for an organised "flash photo-shoot" at this shopping centre? Be fun seeing them try and throw 100 or so people with cameras out all at the same time
Nick, B says...
10:02pm Thu 3 Jan 08
GRANDAD, Real Totton says...
8:24pm Fri 4 Jan 08
Bailey wrote:You are one!!! Go on admit it you will feel so much better & less angry.
How funny are you!!! Not that it's any of your business but no I'm not a "wrongun". I guess you've not come out then!!!
Steve, Scotland says...
8:25am Sat 5 Jan 08
Sally Brown, says...
12:23am Sun 6 Jan 08
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Keith Oftergrass, says...
3:00pm Wed 2 Jan 08
Where's the story here then ?