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Primark Security Guard accused of blackmailing teen shoplifters into sex acts




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A security guard at a Primark in the UK is facing serious jail time after it was discovered he forced two teenage shoplifters to perform sex acts on him in return for informing the police and their parents, Metro UK has reported.

Zia Uddin (27) was stands accused of sexually abusing the two 15-year-old girls by blackmailing them in a vulnerable situation after colleagues contacted police when he asked for CCTV footage to be deleted and failed to fill out a shoplifting report.

Detectives then found condoms at Uddin’s control room at Primark in Kingston-Upon-Thames.

According to the Metor, a spokesman for Primark said:
“This has been a horrendous ordeal for the victims and their families, and we are truly sorry for what they have suffered. Our thoughts are very much with them.”

Prosecutor Graham Partridge said in relation to the incident
“Zia Uddin preyed on young girls in a vulnerable situation. ‘He abused his authority by telling them to perform sexual acts for him on the promise they would the n be released without their parents or the police being informed about what they had done.”

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