€17k award over claim of French maid’s outfit theft
The Circuit Civil Court heard how a parcel in shop assistant Michelle O’Neill’s shoulder bag led another member of staff to mistakenly assume Ms O’Neill was stealing a French maid’s black and white outfit that was sold in the shop.
Barrister Michael Fox, for Ms O’Neill, of Artane, Co Dublin, told Mr Justice Matthew Deery that the item, wrapped in a see-through plastic bag, was a black and white dress that belonged to Ms O’Neill.
