Would-be supermarket queue-jumper tackled to ground and arrested after abusing staff and customers

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Would-be supermarket queue-jumper tackled to ground and arrested after abusing staff and customers

A man was arrested outside a Tesco in Manchester after ‘screaming at customers and staff having attempted to jump the queue’.

Police were called to reports of someone ‘behaving aggressively’ at the shop in Middleton.

Officers arrested a 21-year-old man on suspicion of theft in connection with an earlier incident at a Co-op.

Police further arrested him once in custody on suspicion of possession of Class A and Class B drugs.

Police were called to reports of someone ‘behaving aggressively’ at Tesco in Middleton, Manchester

Witnesses said the man left customers terrified. They said he started raising his voice after attempting to cut the line as shoppers observed social distancing rules.

Robert Comnoiu, 23, was with his girlfriend Deena Potter, 30, outside the shop.

He said: ‘We had just finished our weekly shop. Then we heard screaming.

Witnesses said he started raising his voice after attempting to cut the line as shoppers observed social distancing rules

‘This man came running from the store and knocked my girlfriend over as he pushed her trying to run away.

‘A security guard tried to get hold of him, but he was getting away. A second guard then came and they got him on the ground.

Mr Comnoiu said the security guards let the man stand up but after he started to be aggressive again, they kept him on the ground until the police came.

He said Ms Potter was shocked but not hurt and added: ‘I think he had tried to get into the shop without queuing like everyone else.’

A coronavirus assessment centre has been set up at Tesco in Middleton. There are currently five NHS clinical assessment pods

Greater Manchester Police said: ‘Shortly before 1.25pm today (April 26), police were called to reports of a man behaving aggressively towards customers and staff at Tesco on Barton Road, Middleton.

‘Once in custody, the man was further arrested for possession of Class A and Class B drugs. He has been taken to hospital for treatment.

‘There are no reported injuries.’

A coronavirus assessment centre has been set up in the car park at the store, providing appointments for people believed to be carrying the virus.

Source: Daily Mail

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