A photographer wrongly suspected of taking ?secretive? pictures of barmaids has spoken of his shock when pub managers called in police to investigate.<\/strong><\/p>\nNick Redman, a keen photographer who works in IT, decided to take pictures on a night out with colleagues and clients at the Crosse Keys pub on Gracechuch Street in The City of London last night.<\/p>\n
But Redman, 44, was left outraged when managers alerted police, even though staff had apparently not objected to the picture-taking which took place around 10pm.<\/p>\n
?We nipped outside for a cigarette. The next thing we knew two police officers turned up,? said Redman who was using a Leica M9 digital camera with a 35mm Zeiss f\/2 lens.<\/p>\n
Redman said the images were just snapshots, some taken by the people he was with, and that they would have stopped if anyone in the pub had complained.<\/p>\n
?They [police officers] looked at every picture and were perfectly happy there wasn?t any issue whatsoever (apart from my camera shake and lack of artistic merit).<\/p>\n
?They asked me for my details to record that they had spoken to me. I politely refused on the basis that I hadn?t done anything wrong.<\/p>\n
?They were fine with this and explained that I didn?t have to give my details in that situation ? I even took a snap of them afterwards.?<\/p>\n
Redman has nothing but praise for the police but has fired off an angry letter of complaint to bosses at J D Wetherspoon, the chain that runs the pub.<\/p>\n
?I am furious I was branded a criminal in front of clients, friends and the public,? he added.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for City of London Police told us: ?There was a suggestion that a group of men were taking secretive photos of female members of staff.?<\/p>\n
He said officers attended the scene but felt the photographer had committed no crime.<\/p>\n
Police refused to say who had alerted them.<\/p>\n
Staff were ‘delivering food’<\/strong><\/p>\nA spokesman for J D Wetherspoon disputed Redman?s version of events, telling us pub staff had told the men to stop taking photos.<\/p>\n
?Three guys were taking photos of staff who were behind the bar and delivering food around the pub,? he said.<\/p>\n
?They were asked to stop.<\/p>\n
?You can?t just randomly start taking photos of people when they are delivering food.?<\/p>\n
The photographer said that when police left the scene a pub manager refused to give his name, claiming this was ?company policy?.<\/p>\n
Redman said he doubts there would have been a problem if he had been using a camera phone because it is more discreet.<\/p>\n
However, J D Wetherspoon claims its managers would have reacted in the same way to someone taking pictures of its staff ?over a long period of time?.<\/p>\n
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