Metro: Woman threatened Sainsbury’s security guard with needles as she stole cider

A woman threatened a Sainsbury’s security guard with needles while stealing a £5 bottle of cider, a court heard. Claire Johnston, 34, was spotted taking the bottle of Thatcher’s off the shelf and slipping it into her bag by a security guard watching the CCTV monitors at the store in Bath on November 13 last year. Prosecutor Paul Kelly told the city’s magistrates’ court: ‘She left without any attempt to pay. The security guard engaged with the defendant and saw the bottle of cider in her bag. ‘When he engaged with her, he could see needles and syringes in the bag. She responded, “I have needles and I can hurt you”.’ Read full story here