Woman charged over shop worker scissor threat

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Police confirmed the woman had been charged with multiple offences

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A woman is set to appear in court accused of assaulting a shop worker and threatening them with scissors.

Police charged the 35-year-old, of no fixed abode, after an incident at a store on High Street in Rugby, Warwickshire, on Tuesday morning.

She was also alleged to have caused damage to the shop and Warwickshire Police said officers seized a knife following her arrest.

The woman has been charged with threatening someone with a sharply pointed article, possession of a knife in a public place, common assault and criminal damage.

She is due to appear at Warwickshire Magistrates’ Court on 26 April.

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