Passenger compensated after sunglasses stolen by security staff
13.02.11
A passenger will be compensated after designer sunglasses were stolen by staff at Durham Tees Valley Airport, the Northern Echo reports. Steve Mellor asked a friend to take the £170 sunglasses to Turkey last year to give to his son as a Christmas present.
The gift wrapped sunglasses were in the passenger’s hand luggage and they disappeared after the bags had gone through the security search at Durham Tees Valley Airport. Mr Mellor, who lives in Guisborough, said that he was angry at not having received compensation for the sunglasses and that they went missing during heightened security procedures at airports.
Durham Tees Valley Airport initially refuted his claim that the sunglasses had been stolen. He told the newspaper: ‘After a month of badgering them, they looked back through their CCTV.’ Two members of staff employed by a contractor to check hand luggage were dismissed following the investigation.
A spokesman for Durham Tees Valley said: ‘We have been in touch with Mr Mellor and reimbursement for the sunglasses is paid within the next few days. We did investigate this matter thoroughly and the two individuals involved, working for a security company employed at the airport at the time, were dismissed.’
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