Falsely accused of shoplifting in Debenhams

Please assist me to put this inthe right place as it’s my first time here and have no idea if I have posted inthe right place. I apologise for the novel in advance. I was arrested forshoplifting perfumes in a Debenhams shop with a friend which I did not do andstill refuse. The evidence that they have is the security guard who assumed andstopped us leaving Debenhams shop. He claimed he followed us round the shopfrom picking up fragrances and to the point where he said we removed thesecurity tags and put the perfumes in the bag. The security guard statement isso wrong and untrue it made me realise he assumed we took the perfumes. Thestory is I had a dress and perfumes to swap for the ones i liked. i firstswapped the dress and the person didn’t give me any issues. So I met my friendand put perfume gift boxes into the debenhams shopping basket to swap with theones i had in the debenhams plastic bag. I tried to swap the perfumes but thelady at the store said that there was no way to prove the perfumes were theirstore and due to hygiene reasons they won’t be able to swap them so i went leftthe debenhams shopping bags with the other items on the floor. When leaving thestore the two security guards stop us outside and escorted us to the back room.While walking down I tried to take my phone off the bag and the security guardtook it off me. I was so scared and crying. The police searched our bags andthey found couple of clothes without receipts but they were more interested inthe perfumes. We were arrested and taken to the station where the solicitorarrived and we were interviewed. During my interview I was informed my friendaccepted stealing but I refused and informed them that I was going to change theperfumes for the ones I liked as I also was in possession of their dress whichI had gone to change for a size and had no receipt for it when arriving at theshop. They say they will give me a caution and I refused as I did nothing wrongand caution seems as if I am accepting liability and I have never been arrested.My friend accepted and given a caution and has been previously arrested and Iwonder how this will go in court. The fact that the person I was with acceptedthe crime although she refused and told them that she had not seen me stealanything. Please help me to have an idea what to expect to how to preparemyself….

Falsely accused of shoplifting in Debenhams