Father told to stop taking pictures of his own son

By Matthew Moore Published: 4:38PM GMT twenty-six February 2010

Kevin Geraghty-Shewan, 48, was in jeopardy with detain by military officers and told the images might have to be deleted, notwithstanding protesting that he had each right to sketch his own son.

Mr Geraghty-Shewan, from Gillingham in Kent, pronounced he was approached by a security ensure at Bridges Shopping Centre whilst the boy, Ben, played on a children"s sight ride.

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The ensure told him to stop receiving cinema on his camera phone. "I asked why, and he told me it was since for all he knew I could be a paedophile," the father said.

"I told him Ben was my own son. But he pronounced I couldn"t infer it. I couldn"t hold it. I walked afar and afterwards I thought about creation a complaint."

Mr Geraghty-Shewan afterwards took a sketch of the security guard, after that the military became involved.

"They took my sum and pronounced they had the right to remove the design from my phone," he said.

"I got angry and things got heated, afterwards he in jeopardy me with detain for crack of the peace. Ben thought I was in difficulty since he had sat on the float and we didn"t put the income in."

A orator for The Bridges apologised for the situation but pronounced that the staff were educated to "monitor" photography at the selling centre.

"Unfortunately on this arise what should have been a elementary respectful review led to a disagreement and we apologize for any corruption caused," it pronounced in a statement.

"It is regularly the target to exercise the security procedures with the smallest of bitch and intrusion to the shoppers."