Four decades of prejudice came flooding back as TV presenter Chrystal Rose stood at a Tesco checkout wrongly accused of theft.
The mum of one, who hosted The Chrystal Rose Show in the 1990s, was collecting change from a self-service till when a member of staff intervened.
Chrystal, 58, was reduced to tears as the employee accused her of taking coins left by a previous customer. Horrified Chrystal was shopping near her home in north- west London when the incident – which she puts down to the colour of her skin – happened.
She said: “While waiting for the change in coins, a female staffer standing next to me said, ‘You used a card... that’s not your money’. “I thought she was joking.
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