Morrisons: Seaford boy, 12, accused of stealing alcohol

Connor Thorp-Moors had gone to Morrisons to pick up cleaning supplies for his mum Kerri Moors but was stopped by staff and told to turn out his bag.

Ms Moors, who lives in Seaford, said staff told him he had been seen stealing alcohol - but CCTV footage showed he had done nothing wrong.

As her son is mixed race, Ms Moors believes he was "racially profiled". She said: “When Connor came back from the shop he said that when he was paying staff told him to open his bag because he was seen stealing alcohol.

Kerri Moors and Connor Thorp-Moors (Image: Kerri Moors)

“He was embarrassed and shocked by it. Morally this feels very wrong, he should never have been asked those questions.

“He will be internalising that and he should not be accepting that. He was obviously upset by it and doesn’t want to go back in there in case it happens again.”

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Ms Moors, a teacher, said Connor was also searched after a member of staff told their colleague to “make sure to check his pockets”.

After the incident on Sunday, June 4, she went to the Morrisons store in Dale Lane, Seaford, to speak to management.

She said the manager was “very reasonable” and said he would look into it “straight away”.

Morrisons in Dane Road, Seaford (Image: Google Street View)

After the CCTV showed Connor had done nothing wrong, the manager told Ms Moors he “hadn’t seen this is 20 years of working at Morrisons”.

She said he told her he would launch an investigation into the incident.

The angry mother said: “This should never have happened and especially not to a child. I have a responsibility to take this further, I don’t want him to think that this is OK.”

Morrisons did not respond to a request for comment.