Teh One Who Knocks
04-10-2017, 12:34 PM
By Richard Moriarty - The Sun
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A DAD staying in a Travel**odge with his *teenage daughter was stunned when staff called cops to say he was a paedophile.
Widower Craig Darwell, 46, was treating Millie, 13, to a trip to Thorpe Park.
They checked into the hotel near the theme park in Chertsey, Surrey.
But when Craig returned to reception after moving his car, a manager asked him to prove he was Millie’s dad.
Craig, of Leeds, said: “I couldn’t believe it. Millie and I have stayed in lots of places over the years and this has never happened to me before.
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“We checked in and then I had to move my car. When I got back to reception the guy started asking me to prove I was her dad. He said it was company policy and I had to go onto Facebook to show messages I’ve sent to her.
“It was bizarre and really offensive. Then he told me that he’d already called police so I had to wait for them to arrive.
“Luckily it took them about two seconds to realise he had got the wrong end of the stick, but it ruined the weekend for me.”
Craig, whose wife Sarah died from leukaemia when Millie was four, said: “This has never happened before.”
Travelodge stressed it takes its responsibilities towards protecting children and vulnerable young people extremely seriously. A spokeswoman apologised and said an investigation was under way.
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Surrey Police said: “Police were called by a member of staff at the Travelodge in Chertsey on Thursday 30 March just after 8pm following a concern for safety.
“Officers attended and made no arrests, no further enquiries will take place.
“Hotels, taxi companies and other licensed premises’ have recently been equipped with the right knowledge to identify children who could be at risk of exploitation under Operation Makesafe.”
Last month a dad revealed how police officers wrongly accused him of being a paedophile for years – all because a typo sent cops to the wrong address.
Nigel Lang, 44, from Sheffield, was at home with his partner and their two-year-old son when South Yorkshire Police stormed his property in July 2011.
He was arrested on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children, leading to what he described as “the most horrendous and horrific time of my life.”
http://i.imgur.com/wwWuL8w.jpg
A DAD staying in a Travel**odge with his *teenage daughter was stunned when staff called cops to say he was a paedophile.
Widower Craig Darwell, 46, was treating Millie, 13, to a trip to Thorpe Park.
They checked into the hotel near the theme park in Chertsey, Surrey.
But when Craig returned to reception after moving his car, a manager asked him to prove he was Millie’s dad.
Craig, of Leeds, said: “I couldn’t believe it. Millie and I have stayed in lots of places over the years and this has never happened to me before.
http://i.imgur.com/HgsbIsK.jpg
“We checked in and then I had to move my car. When I got back to reception the guy started asking me to prove I was her dad. He said it was company policy and I had to go onto Facebook to show messages I’ve sent to her.
“It was bizarre and really offensive. Then he told me that he’d already called police so I had to wait for them to arrive.
“Luckily it took them about two seconds to realise he had got the wrong end of the stick, but it ruined the weekend for me.”
Craig, whose wife Sarah died from leukaemia when Millie was four, said: “This has never happened before.”
Travelodge stressed it takes its responsibilities towards protecting children and vulnerable young people extremely seriously. A spokeswoman apologised and said an investigation was under way.
http://i.imgur.com/x5dLatg.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/sr4KpTX.jpg
Surrey Police said: “Police were called by a member of staff at the Travelodge in Chertsey on Thursday 30 March just after 8pm following a concern for safety.
“Officers attended and made no arrests, no further enquiries will take place.
“Hotels, taxi companies and other licensed premises’ have recently been equipped with the right knowledge to identify children who could be at risk of exploitation under Operation Makesafe.”
Last month a dad revealed how police officers wrongly accused him of being a paedophile for years – all because a typo sent cops to the wrong address.
Nigel Lang, 44, from Sheffield, was at home with his partner and their two-year-old son when South Yorkshire Police stormed his property in July 2011.
He was arrested on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children, leading to what he described as “the most horrendous and horrific time of my life.”