UK lawyer accused of injecting blood into supermarket foods

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Published August 27, 2021 3:59 AM

LONDON (AP) — A 37-year-old lawyer accused of injecting food items with syringes of blood at three London supermarkets has made a court appearance. Leoaai Elghareeb didn’t enter a plea during his preliminary hearing on Friday. Prosecutors said he 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. The prosecutors say he engaged in similar behavior at nearby Tesco and Sainsbury’s grocery stores. Elghareeb is charged with contaminating or interfering with goods. He was ordered into custody until his next hearing on Sept. 24.

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