How Facebook reacted after police were called to Lidl in family's rhubarb gin ID row

AFTER News readers learned of a Denmead family's run-in with this '˜ridiculous' Lidl ID policy, they spoke out in their droves.

Shopper Gary Sprake said the supermarket '˜should be ashamed' after they refused to sell him and his wife a bottle of rhubarb gin because his 14-year-old daughter '“ with them at the time '“ had no ID. But what did social media say about the dispute?

Jackie Chandler with her husband Gary Sprake and their daughters Rosa-May, left, and Ella-May, right. Picture: Sarah Standingplaceholder image
Jackie Chandler with her husband Gary Sprake and their daughters Rosa-May, left, and Ella-May, right. Picture: Sarah Standing
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