Stores in lockdown at town shopping centre


A STORE assistant has spoken of the horrifying moment a shop- ping centre went into lockdown as emergency services tried to talk a man down from a ledge. Business owners have fallen


victim to three evacuations from The Mall, Maidstone,


in just


under a month. On one occasion, several shops


were forced to close following re- ports of concern for a man’s wel- fare from inside the building. Clothing store The Scene had to


cancel shifts for members of staff who were due to come in for work. Manager Sandra Kazmierczak


(25), of Scotney Gardens, Maid- stone, said: “We didn’t even know what was happening, we just thought


the sales were really


quiet for a Saturday. Then I no- ticed a few stores had their shut- ters down and the owners of stalls were packing their things away.” Store assistant Shannon Randall


get in; they knew even less than us at that point. “The bad thing is stores like


Cake Box and Laptop Doctor had people’s belongings and items that needed to be picked up, but nobody was allowed in. “Obviously, a person’s life is


more important than cake and that was our first concern, but a significant chunk of an afternoon was lost, and people don’t stay in town for long.” A spokesman for The Mall said:


(2), pictured, said: “I could hear the man shouting something like ‘I hate this world’ and the radios of police and paramedics who were pacing up and down. I was peeking through the window to see what had happened. “Customers downstairs were banging on the window to try and


“The emergency services were immediately informed and were on site. Access to the centre was temporarily suspended while the incident was dealt with and the individual received the necessary care. “The safety of our guests is


paramount, and we did all we can to support the emergency services on the ground. We would like to thank everyone for their under- standing.”


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