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Primark Breastfeeding Row Mum Charged With Perverting The Course Of Justice

A woman who claimed that a Primark security guard physically removed her child from her while breastfeeding in the shop has been charged with perverting the course of justice.

Caroline Starmer made national headlines when she alleged that the security guard at the Humberstone Gate branch of the clothing giant forced her nine-month-old daughter from her during her feed.

However the Primark store in Leicester strongly denied the 28-year-old’s claims and now Starmer has been arrested and charged with perverting the course of justice.

A Primark spokesman reaffirmed their commitment to breastfeeding mothers after Starmer was charged.

He said: “We are pleased to have the opportunity however to confirm that Primark will continue to work hard to ensure that all of our customers have a comfortable and enjoyable experience in our stores.

“This of course includes breastfeeding mothers, who remain welcome, as ever, at Primark.”

Starmer made the claims earlier this month on a lengthy Facebook post, where she claimed the security guard told her: “If you want your baby back, follow me.”

She went on to say: “I was completely shocked, one minute I was feeding Paige in a discreet area of the store and suddenly I was being challenged by a security guard and he was walking off with my baby.”

She added: “I was stunned, I didn’t know what to do, this stranger had hold of my daughter and was walking off with her screaming while I had my breast exposed and my other daughter in the pushchair.”

Starmer will appear at Leicester Magistrates court on 24 August.