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An incident in Ilac Shoping Centre
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Pátek, 26. září 2008
 I was just about to do my shopping at Argos in Ilac Shopping Centre on Parnell Street in Dublin. When I was passing the Vodafone store and approaching Argos, I saw one guy chasing another one shouting: “Catch him!” What I thought at first was that the fleeing one had probably stolen his wallet, so I did not hesitate and started to follow him, too.
Funny enough, the running guy in front of me threw about banknotes continuously, as if trying to bribe me not to follow him. It could be about €200 in total. “Easy money”, stroke me at the moment, but I considered helping another person to get back his wallet such a noble objective, that I only picked up one €20 banknote, and continued to hunt him.
I followed him up to Lower Dominic Street, where he turned left into a residential area. There was a playground with children at play and adults taking care of them. I cried: “Catch him and call Garda!” Then I finally caught him in front of a fence.
Security guards from Ilac Shopping Centre appeared before long. That was when I held the guy tight. People around told me that Garda was on the way. I asked the guards to help me with to secure him at least, telling them that I could lose my grasp soon. But the guards we evidently too scared to come closer to us. On the contrary, they insisted on releasing him. They were telling me:”We know who he is, there will be no problem for Garda to go and fetch him, really”. So I let him go eventually, after about two minutes of holding him.
Next, two Gardai appeared at the site. Their first inquiry was: “Fuck, he is gone, why did you let him go?” So I explained them why. The Security guards started to sooth the audience telling that although they did’t actually know who the guy was, Ilac Shopping Centre is full of cameras, so there would be no problem to provide a CCTV footage. They also had an argument with Garda about possible legal consequences for the abridgement of the offender’s personal liberty. Garda clarified them that this works a little bit differently in case someone has committed a crime.
I handed over his cap and the banknote, provided his identification description and that was it. Garda was so kind to take me home, although I lived nearby. “What actually did he?” That was my first question to the Gardai once I was comfortably set in their car. The answer shocked me, because it had been more a robbery rather than a pocket-picking. Presumably in Argos, he jumped over a till and took the money out from there.
Anyway, next to you feel sympathy for that people of poorly built physique lingering over at shop entrances in worn-out suits, with a wire twisting out from their ear, earning just €8 an hour or so, don’t get fooled! It could be still a way above of what they really deserve.Štítky: Dublin, Ilac, security, shopping
vystavil Václav Slavíček v
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