Wishaw store staff targeted by gang of youths as shoppers look on

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Supermarket staff at a Wishaw store were left shaken after a group of youths tried to wreck havoc on Sunday afternoon. The group of kids appeared at the Aldi store in Glasgow Road and are alleged to have been verbally abusive to employees as well as attempting to shoplift.One woman, who was in the store at the time and asked not to be named, said: “It’s absolutely disgusting.

They were hurling abuse at staff and police arrived as I was leaving. It’s shocking behaviour.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Parents need to get their children under control.“I would be mortified if that were one of mine.”A spokesman for Aldi declined to comment on the incident but confirmed the store was helping the police with its enquiries.