The Chief Inspector for Worthing is Sarah Leadbetter.

Under the Criminal Justice Act of 1988, a public official such as a member of the police, who commits the offence of psychological torture, is liable to a life term custodial prison sentence.

Not long after the hidden camera video I took in Boots, Hastings had been removed from YouTube (after less than 100 views) following a ‘privacy’ complaint, I visited Boots in Worthing High Street. It was my first visit to a Boots store on my return to the UK, and since the video was taken down.

Owing to stupidity on my part, or rather cognitive dissonance, I went into the store without recording my visit. Sometimes I still can’t believe that the police can really be doing this. Then I’m confronted by the fact that no, they really are fucking doing this. They really are out of control sadists engaging in torture and conspiracy to murder against a mentally disabled member of the public. And I’ve failed to record it. And this happened again on this occasion.

As soon as the male cashier saw me, he gave the odd immediate apparent look of recognition that I’ve encountered so often before in the last 13 years, habitually in Boots as much as anywhere else.

I ignored him, and when it came to being served (he was the only cashier on duty) I took care not to act in any way that could possibly ’cause’ him to act strangely. I had been in that store twice before several months ago, and in those two previous visits (the only ones to this store in my life) I was served by a young gentleman, in which nothing unusual happened. I’m sure I had never seen this older cashier before, or he me (unless, of course, as is likely, I had been pointed out to him).

After serving me, in a very odd manner, he said – rather aggressively – ‘you’re welcome’, before I’d even had the chance to say thank you.

So it appears that several weeks after issuing a take down notice to YouTube for ‘privacy invasion’ of a video that strongly indicates that Boots/Total Security Services have been pointing me out to security guards and cashiers in their stores – something denied by Boots customer care, they have then pointed me out (or allowed Sussex police to point me out) to a member of staff in Worthing.

Rather annoyed, I decided to go back into the store less than an hour later. I had in fact (truthfully) forgotten to buy a packet of sinus rinses. The same cashier was serving. This time I recorded everything, and the cashier seemed to be aware of this as he served me in an exaggeratedly polite manner. Below is a photograph of the cashier. Unfortunately, the camera could not resolve his name tag, but it looks like he could be the manager of the store.

There was no TSS security guard at that store during my visits (or my two other previous visits there, as far as I can remember).

I also experienced strange behaviour from staff in other shops, as well as the cafes – particularly the Cafe Nero. I submitted my tax return at the post office in WH Smiths, and the young male serving me gave me an apparent look of recognition and of disgust.

*Update – HMRC did not receive my tax return, and I had to re-submit it from London.