Man charged after knife incident at Madeley supermarket

Thursday 20th January 2011, 2:42PM GMT.

Man charged after knife incident at Madeley supermarket

A man has been charged with theft and possession of a knife following an incident that took place at the Madeley branch of Tesco yesterday afternoon.

Police said a man allegedly threatened security staff when they stopped him from leaving the store on suspicion of shoplifting at around 6pm on Wednesday.

A man was arrested and has been charged.

He is due to appear at Telford magistrates on Friday morning.

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