Published by Robert L Senior Reporter on Wednesday, 30th October 2024, at 16:15hrs
A man in his 20s has been taken to hospital with serious non-life threatening injuries
A shop assistant has been stabbed after trying to stop a thief in Sheffield.
Police have made an arrest after a shop worker was stabbed while trying to apprehend a thief who stole a charity box.
After receiving a 999 call, officers were deployed to the Firth Park area of Sheffield earlier this morning (30 October) following reports of a serious assault.
Staff from the store had followed and apprehended a suspect after a charity box was stolen from the counter. During the incident, an employee in his 20s was stabbed, with another worker then bitten on the hand.
On arrival, officers recovered a craft knife from the scene. A 40-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of assault and robbery and remains in police custody.
The man in his 20s was taken to hospital with serious injuries not believed to be life-threatening or life-altering.
Sheffield North East Neighbourhood Policing Team Inspector Alec Gibbons said:
“Retail workers should not have to face threatening behaviour or violence in the workplace, and it’s incidents like this that show how retail crime is not victimless.
“Our force recently supported the national Safer Business Action Week to combat retail crime, and we will continue to take all reports of shoplifting incredibly seriously as it is a crime we simply will not tolerate in South Yorkshire.”
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