IF you are thinking of shopping in Accrington, check you are not being tailed by a shifty type in a suit, wearing a head mike.

On the say-so of this individual, I was stopped and searched in public by the police on my shopping trip. My crime? I went in and out of two shops without buying anything and I was carrying a large empty bag.

Nothing else, but this obviously adds up to an accusation of ‘suspicious behaviour’ in Accrington.

I have never felt so humiliated. I went straight home and I will not be going back, ever.

A warm Christmas welcome to Accrington Shopping Centre? Not!

L MAHON, Sidmouth Avenue, Haslingden.