Man 'chased' shop assistant around store and sprayed bleach all over him

41-YEAR-OLD CAUSED DAMAGE TO STOCK

- By MARK NAYLOR

A DRUG-taking troublemaker was in a raging "fury" when he suddenly grabbed a bottle of bleach from a shelf in a shop, "chased" a terrified member of staff and started spraying the bleach towards him.

David Salter carried on squirting the bleach “all over the place” and it caused damage to a large number of items that were for sale in the shop.

Some of the bleach splattered all over the man’s shoulder and he at first feared that it had splashed in his face, Hull Crown Court heard.

Salter, 41, of Cambridge Grove, east Hull, admitted administering a noxious substance - bleach - with intent to cause injury and causing damage to items in the shop, on October 24 last year.

James O'Connor, prosecuting, said that the incident happened in the One Stop shop in Marfleet Lane, east Hull, when Salter followed a member of staff around the store.

He took a bottle of bleach from a shelf and squirted it towards the man, who slipped on it.

Items of stock, valued at £138, were damaged when Salter sprayed bleach over them.

Recorder David Kelly told a previous hearing on February 21 that the incident with the bleach was a “prolonged attack” and Salter “chased” a member of staff around the store.