U.K. lawyer accused of injecting blood into London supermarket foods
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Police officers in forensic suits outside a supermarket in west London, as investigations continue after a man was arrested on suspicion of contaminating food on Wednesday.
LONDON >> A 37-year-old man accused of injecting food items in three London supermarkets with syringes of blood appeared in court today and was ordered into custody until his next hearing.
Leoaai Elghareeb, a lawyer, was arrested after a man entered a Waitrose store in west London’s Hammersmith area on Wednesday and started “throwing around” syringes filled with blood and injecting them into food items, prosecutors said.
The prosecutors say he then engaged in similar behavior at nearby Tesco and Sainsbury’s grocery stores.
Elghareeb, who lives near the stores, is charged with contaminating or interfering with goods. He did not enter a plea during a preliminary hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
His next court appearance is scheduled for Sept. 24.
Police have advised customers who bought products at the three stores on Wednesday evening to throw them away.
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