Boss who frogmarched worker to police station after he stole £845 is forced to pay the THIEF £13,000 'for humiliating him'By Daily Mail Reporter:

Boss who frogmarched worker to police station after he stole £845 is forced to pay the THIEF £13,000 'for humiliating him'By Daily Mail Reporter
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A boss who frogmarched a thieving employee to a police station after discovering he had stolen £845 from the company has been forced to pay the crook £13,000 for 'humiliating him'.
Mark Gilbert, 40, was paraded through the streets of Witham in Essex, after his boss Simon Cremer discovered the father-of-three had written out a cheque for £845 to himself.
He was forced to wear a sign around his neck saying: 'THIEF. I Stole £845. Am on my way to the police station'. while furious Mr Cremer accompanied him to be quizzed by detectives.
Thief: Simon Cremer, right, has been forced to pay former employee Mark Gilbert, left, compensation for this 'humiliation'
However, in a shocking twist, Gilbert was let off with a police caution - a slap on the wrist - while Mr Cremer was hauled before the courts accused of false imprisonment.

The distraught employer was facing a possible lengthy jail sentence until the case eventually collapsed.
But then Gilbert launched a civil claim for compensation and Mr Cremer's nightmare continued.
Now the employer has been forced to hand his thieving former employer £5,000 in compensation for the 'humiliation' he suffered.
Mr Cremer, 47, also has to pay £8,000 in legal fees following the theft in Witham, Essex.
He said: 'I think it's absolutely disgusting that he was even able to sue me after he had stolen from me to be honest. I don't want to give him a penny after what he did, so it really sticks in my throat.
Outrage: Simon Cremer, pictured here with his partner Karen, was forced to pay out £13,000 to avoid an even more expensive court fight with the thief
'He stole from me yet he is the one who is walking away with the money. It makes me so angry.'
Thief Gilbert started legal action in an effort to claim for two years lost earnings and the 'distress' he suffered in October 2008.

The floor-fitter claimed he had suffered trauma and distress and needed psychological help after the incident.
Payout: Mr Cremer, manager of a carpet fitting firm, handed over £5,000 compensation and £8,000 in legal costs
The case had been due to come before a civil court yesterday, but father-of-two Mr Cremer said he could not risk the expense involved in a full hearing where he could potentially have faced a much higher payout.

Instead he reluctantly paid Gilbert an out-of-court settlement rather than fight the case a be saddled with high legal bills.

Mr Cremer, who lives with his partner Karen Boardman, 45, who has been battling breast cancer in Little Maplestead, Essex, said: 'It would have cost me £25,000 just to go to court, so I had no option but to settle out of court.
'It would financially ruin me, it would break me. I would lose my business and I would risk losing my home because I would have to remortgage it.
'I am not happy with him getting a penny of my money. This has left me with no faith in the justice system whatsoever - absolutely none.
'I can't really afford a payout like this - times are hard for the business.'
Gilbert, formerly of Colchester, Essex, has since moved away from the area and is believed to be living in Bristol.
He had earlier admitted writing the cheque out to himself and cashing it in claiming he was owed wages that he wanted to use for a holiday and his boss was too busy to write it himself.
But staff at Cash Converters became suspicious and contacted Mr Cremer who called Gilbert into work to confront him along with three other workers.
Speaking after the incident in 2008 Gilbert said he feared he was going to be killed as he was bundled into the back of a van.
He said: 'They laid into me, they beat me, I was begging Simon to let me go to the police, they said they didn't trust me and they had to tie me up.
'They were punching me and threatened me with various tools. They showed me the sign and made me say it out loud three times.
'They stopped at the pub, so they could march me through the streets. I wished the world would swallow me up, I hoped no one would recognise me.
'It was almost a relief when I saw the police station was in sight rather than a remote field.'
He claimed previously that he had suffered marks, bruises, a black eye and rope burns as a result of his ordeal and had suffered abuse and taunts since his photograph had appeared in local and national newspapers.
Speaking about the boss he stole from he added: 'I feel for the bloke, I respect the bloke but I want him to pay for what he's done.
'I went in my local pub and felt a cold shoulder. I wanted to face people, to deal with it face on. I think this is going to have a long term effect.
'I probably deserved it for what I did, fair enough but I wasn't stealing from him and I paid the money back.'
Mr Cremer, his brother Andrew, 43, and two colleagues were hauled into court on criminal charges but to their relief the case against them was dropped in December 2008.
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