Officer denies selling Winona story

The Saks security officer at the centre of Winona Ryder's shoplifting trial was accused yesterday by defence lawyers of selling her story, inventing testimony and of rifling through the actress' notebook for movie-star phone numbers.

But Colleen Rainey withstood the gruelling 90-minute cross-examination from defence attorney Mark Geragos and denied profiting from the incident, noting she was burdened with student loans and was still driving a 1991 Toyota.

She stood by her main accusations that she saw Ryder cut off security tags from handbags in a dressing room.