Viral video | Supermarket worker fired for filming theft - should he have been sacked?

A supermarket worker has been fired for filming three men stealing nearly £400 ($500) worth of washing up detergent.

The employee, who worked for US supermarket chain King Soopers, immediately whipped out his phone and started recording when a group of men decided to steal a large number of cleaning products.

In the viral video, the shop worker Santino Burrola is seen approaching the thieves as they load their car with the stolen goods. "Really bro? You gotta resort to this? The economy's not that bad," says Burrola in the clip before ripping foil off the vehicle revealing the car’s number plate.

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Following this situation, Burrola went into work for his next shift and was surprised to find out he had been suspended, later losing his job altogether, on the grounds that he breached company policy about intervening in a theft.