St Georges Day April 23rd
2008-06-12 20:13:44 UTC
Horror at the supermarket: Father fights for his life after 'check-out
rage' attack
A shopper was fighting for his life last night after being viciously
attacked by a man who accused him of queue-jumping in Sainsbury's.
Horrified customers, including young children, saw the 57-year-old man
punched to the ground and left unconscious in a pool of blood.
Detectives were preparing to open a murder investigation last night as
the unnamed victim - who has a young child - was not expected to
survive massive head injuries.
The sickening attack happened at the Sainsbury's superstore in Merton,
South West London shortly after 7pm on Tuesday.
A row apparently broke out when a woman accused a fellow shopper of
queue-jumping as she lined up at the check-out.
CCTV reportedly shows her phoning her boyfriend, who arrived a few
minutes later. The woman then allegedly pointed to the man she thought
had pushed in.
The victim, who was with a group of people, had no chance to defend
himself.
He was knocked down by a powerful punch and suffered horrendous
injuries as his head hit the floor.
He was briefly resuscitated in hospital but lapsed into a coma.
A police source said: 'There can be no more chilling example of yob
Britain than an innocent man being subjected to a vicious attack in a
supermarket over something so trivial.
'The victim is in a very poor way and it will be an absolute miracle
if he lives.'
Detectives appealed for more witnesses from among the dozens of
shoppers who were in the store.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said the victim was white and the attacker
black.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1025855/Horror-supermarket-Father-fights-life-check-rage-attack.html
www.bnp.org.uk
rage' attack
A shopper was fighting for his life last night after being viciously
attacked by a man who accused him of queue-jumping in Sainsbury's.
Horrified customers, including young children, saw the 57-year-old man
punched to the ground and left unconscious in a pool of blood.
Detectives were preparing to open a murder investigation last night as
the unnamed victim - who has a young child - was not expected to
survive massive head injuries.
The sickening attack happened at the Sainsbury's superstore in Merton,
South West London shortly after 7pm on Tuesday.
A row apparently broke out when a woman accused a fellow shopper of
queue-jumping as she lined up at the check-out.
CCTV reportedly shows her phoning her boyfriend, who arrived a few
minutes later. The woman then allegedly pointed to the man she thought
had pushed in.
The victim, who was with a group of people, had no chance to defend
himself.
He was knocked down by a powerful punch and suffered horrendous
injuries as his head hit the floor.
He was briefly resuscitated in hospital but lapsed into a coma.
A police source said: 'There can be no more chilling example of yob
Britain than an innocent man being subjected to a vicious attack in a
supermarket over something so trivial.
'The victim is in a very poor way and it will be an absolute miracle
if he lives.'
Detectives appealed for more witnesses from among the dozens of
shoppers who were in the store.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said the victim was white and the attacker
black.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1025855/Horror-supermarket-Father-fights-life-check-rage-attack.html
www.bnp.org.uk