Panic-buying shopper is arrested for ‘refusing to leave Woolworths after starting a fight with a worker’ – as cop shouts at her to ‘stop resisting’
- A woman wearing a protective face mask has been arrested outside Woolworths
- Police were called over a disturbance between the customer and a staff member
- The woman, 54, resisted arrest and refused to put her hands out to get cuffed
A shopper wearing a protective face mask has been arrested in dramatic scenes at a Woolworths supermarket.
Police were called to the shop in Bankstown, in Sydney’s west, last Thursday morning over a disturbance between the customer and a staff member.
A bystander captured video of the incident, showing the disgruntled woman, 54, refusing to hold out her arms to be handcuffed by police.
A police officer was forced to say, ‘Put your hands out!’ while the defiant woman resisted arrest outside the store.
‘You’re resisting arrest. Do you understand that? I told you five times, just listen,’ the officer said.
The hysterical woman, who was holding shopping bags, then responded: ‘I didn’t do anything wrong,’ while clasping her hands together against her chest to avoid being cuffed.
The police officer asked the woman to put her hands out several more times while shocked onlookers began to gather.
A New South Wales Police spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia the customer was repeatedly asked to leave the store by staff and police.
‘She refused, and the 54-year-old woman was arrested and taken to Gordon Police Station,’ the spokeswoman said.
‘She was spoken to about her behaviour at the store and released.’
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Woolworths for comment.
A bystander captured video of the incident at Bankstown Woolworths last Thursday