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Woman stabbed man with scissors while waiting for food outside homeless charity

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A woman stabbed a man in the shoulder with a pair of scissors while waiting for food outside a homeless charity. Julie McAllister, 42, was in line at The People's Kitchen charity when a passing man hurled food in her face and spat at her on August 2, 2021.

She then hit the man before stabbing him in the shoulder with a pair of scissors in "self-defence". McAllister appeared at Newcastle Crown Court on March 21 to be sentenced for possession of an offensive weapon.

She pleaded guilty to the charge at a previous hearing, Chronicle Live reports. Prosecutor, Amy Levitt, said that McAllister was waiting in line for food outside of The People's Kitchen in Newcastle when a charity volunteer noticed a man approach her.

She said: "The man threw food in the defendant's face and she threw a punch back, he then spat in her face and threw food again.

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