£2.5k of booze destroyed in random Brighton Asda aisle attack (From The Argus)
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£2.5k of booze destroyed in random Brighton Asda aisle attack
9:42am Wednesday 3rd October 2012 in News By Anna Roberts, Crime reporter
A man threw thousands of pounds worth of bottles of alcohol at shoppers and staff in a frenzied and unprovoked supermarket attack.
The bizarre incident, in which £2,500 worth of alcohol was destroyed, led to Asda in Crowhurst Road, Hollingbury, being evacuated.
The man flung bottles from both ends of an aisle as horrified shoppers watched.
One witness said a younger man tried to stop the bottle-thrower by flinging a bottle at him “like a German hand grenade”.
But the would-be hero tripped on spilt alcohol and fell over himself.
Police and paramedics were called to the incident at 10.10pm on Monday.
You don’t expect this kind of thing on a Monday.
Asda staff member
Supermarket manager Darren Evans said it was the first time he had known something like this happen at a supermarket in Brighton.
He recalled how staff heard a smashing noise in the alcohol aisle and initially thought someone had accidentally dropped a bottle.
He said: “He just came in and went straight to that aisle. Out of the blue he started smashing bottles.
“He smashed bottles of wine and lager. He started throwing them at staff and customers who tried to apprehend him.
“We evacuated the supermarket and called the police.”
Mr Evans said he had no idea what led to the man smashing the bottles.
Another member of staff said: “Most of the aisle of alcohol is destroyed. You don’t expect this kind of thing on a Monday.”
A 45-year-old Brighton man who was doing his shopping at the time said: “I was in the supermarket. There were about 30 or 40 customers in the supermarket and about 30 staff.
“I heard bottles dropping and moved to the end of my aisle to have a look and other people were doing the same. This guy had started throwing bottles around both corners of the aisle.
“It clearly had to be contained quite quickly.”
A Sussex Police spokeswoman yesterday said: “A 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and affray after allegedly smashing bottles of drink in the Asda store.
“The man remains in police custody awaiting questioning.”
Comments(31)
F in L
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9:54am Wed 3 Oct 12
Morpheus
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9:55am Wed 3 Oct 12
Crystal Ball
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9:58am Wed 3 Oct 12
Nosfaratu
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10:10am Wed 3 Oct 12
davyboy
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11:49am Wed 3 Oct 12
Worthingwithoutbuses!
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11:56am Wed 3 Oct 12
"I now declare this store open. Gourd bless her and all the shop in her" (Smashing bottles on the floor as she goes)
Fed up with this
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1:26pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Come on Argus get the words right .
Jo Wadsworth
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1:30pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Fed up with this wrote:Seriously?
When did FLUNG and FLINGING become part of the english language, they are not in any dictionary or thesaurus I have.
Come on Argus get the words right .
I'll take this at face value in case you're not joking:
http://dictionary.re
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lung?s=t
http://dictionary.re
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linging?s=t
Fed up with this
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1:36pm Wed 3 Oct 12
WakeUpYouFreaks!
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2:12pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Fed up with this wrote:Wow... who taught you English? The Argus is generally not to be held aloft as an example of literary genius, and this story is rather poor (as ever), but if you are going to criticise the writer you should at least make an effort to check your own spelling and grammar first.
There seems to be happening more and more the spurious ( un-authentic ) use of words in news papers and in books these days ,leads me to think " who is teaching english these days in our schools ". We should feel ashamed.
MrHove
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7:20pm Wed 3 Oct 12
John Steed
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7:43pm Wed 3 Oct 12
hubby
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7:46pm Wed 3 Oct 12
I reckon he was just a shelf stacker with the DT's.
caeos
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8:13pm Wed 3 Oct 12
MrHove wrote:because they cant afford to buy the paper at its current price, nor stamp prices to complain
I do not understand why people complain about the spelling or grammar all the time, if you think its that poor then why keep using the site???
getThisCoalitionOut
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10:17pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Fed up with this wrote:Teachers don't correct spelling or grammer nowadays not at all - even the English teachers don't bother! That's how good teachers are nowadays - my son's just left school - thank goodness!
There seems to be happening more and more the spurious ( un-authentic ) use of words in news papers and in books these days ,leads me to think " who is teaching english these days in our schools ". We should feel ashamed.
FatherTed11
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10:56pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Morgyn the Mighty
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12:30am Thu 4 Oct 12
Fed up with this wrote:*inauthentic*
There seems to be happening more and more the spurious ( un-authentic ) use of words in news papers and in books these days ,leads me to think " who is teaching english these days in our schools ". We should feel ashamed.
wallace25
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12:43am Thu 4 Oct 12
WorthingwithoutbusesEh the 5b is reffered as the what??? Get a grip pal try taking the bus in glesga city centre if you wanna know what a safari is all aboot!!
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The 5B bus is commonly reffered to as "Baghdad to Beirut" Service! Nuff Said really. I wonder if this will happen in the new Ferring store when it opens? Just like the queen launching a ship!
"I now declare this store open. Gourd bless her and all the shop in her" (Smashing bottles on the floor as she goes)
JGEvans
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11:11am Thu 4 Oct 12
Do the right thing and leak the CCTV footage.
Seriously though, not judging the smasher, no idea what issues he's confronting in his life, but the dude who tried to ping a bottle at him and fell over... that's the real comedy behind this story! Well done mate, what a hero!
F in L
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1:53pm Thu 4 Oct 12
Fed up with this wrote:Is English your second language?
There seems to be happening more and more the spurious ( un-authentic ) use of words in news papers and in books these days ,leads me to think " who is teaching english these days in our schools ". We should feel ashamed.
Hoarder12345444
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1:56pm Thu 4 Oct 12
Crystal Ball wrote:Hollingbury is actually quite a nice area so clearly you are middle class snob and look down on others.
Hollingbury. Enough said.
It could happen anywhere.
Dealing with idiots
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4:15pm Thu 4 Oct 12
Charlie Oscar
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7:01pm Thu 4 Oct 12
"this is a customer announcement, will the penis in the BWS stop throwing the drinks on the floor", thankyou for smashing at Asda Hollingbury"
Tedious Pedant
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7:43pm Thu 4 Oct 12
pebble counter
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7:47pm Thu 4 Oct 12
FatherTed11 wrote:What? Are you erm....normal?
Probably a cyclist...
qm
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9:11pm Thu 4 Oct 12
pebble counter wrote:Think there was an element of sarcasm there, after all, we get blamed for everything else . . . . .
FatherTed11 wrote:What? Are you erm....normal?
Probably a cyclist...
vivelavive
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7:37am Fri 5 Oct 12
Fairfax Sakes
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2:53pm Fri 5 Oct 12
What a 'smashing' story, I could BEERly believe it, nearly had a CORONAy from laughing and I hope the police throw the (sam)booka at him!
Oh quiet thats the best I could do with the material, so stop WINEing
Flippin Burghers
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4:38pm Fri 5 Oct 12
Farouche
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3:36am Sat 6 Oct 12
A ghastly experience I shall scarcely ever get over.
It was like a documentary revealing Britain's underbelly. If you want to know where all the cheap booze is sold, and where people go to get the really unhealthy food, then pop along! (Luckily, there's a lovely M&S Food supermarket very close, so I suggest that you go there to recuperate.)
F in L says...
9:52am Wed 3 Oct 12
Not in Hollingbury Asda! Usually it is Thursday and Friday late evening.