Disgruntled worker shuts down Tesco store after unfair dismissal

A Tesco branch in Reading was caught in a fracas after a security guard staged a 21-hour protest on the roof of the store.

Adama Jammeh, 46, climbed inside the roof space of the Tesco store after he was sacked for being wrongly accused of stealing.

The store was closed and shoppers were evacuated as Jammeh protested his unfair dismissal from Total Security Services (TSS). The security firm falsely accused the father-of-two of stealing up to £20,000 worth of electrical goods from Tesco, leading to his termination.

He told the BBC that the roof protest was “a last straw” after demonstrations outside the store proved ineffective. "I've been protesting my innocence for six complete months and nothing has been done about it, they [Tesco] have ignored me,” he said. "Every day I'm more angry. I'm only alive when I come out here to Tesco protesting my innocence.”