Stabbing at Tesco station site

Monday 3rd December 2007, 4:45PM GMT.

Police sceneA man was stabbed during a fracas at a petrol station in Stafford.

Police were called to the altercation involving a number of people on the garage forecourt at the Tesco Express Service Station, in Wolverhampton Road.

A 25-year-old man suffered a stab wound to his arm during the disturbance, which happened at about 9pm on Friday.

Staffordshire Police spokeswoman Emma Stanley said the man was treated at the scene but refused hospital treatment.

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Police sceneA man was stabbed during a fracas at a petrol station in Stafford.

Police were called to the altercation involving a number of people on the garage forecourt at the Tesco Express Service Station, in Wolverhampton Road.

A 25-year-old man suffered a stab wound to his arm during the disturbance, which happened at about 9pm on Friday.

Staffordshire Police spokeswoman Emma Stanley said the man was treated at the scene but refused hospital treatment.

She said three men from the Stafford area, two aged 24 and a 21-year-old, were arrested following the incident. They are currently on police bail.

Police are now appealing for witnesses to come forward.

Anyone with information is urged to contact DC Phil Warner at Cannock police station’s violence unit on 08453 302010, extension 4231, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.


  1. 1
    Gaynor

    There are always problems there.
    The police need to make regular patrols and clear the yobs off the street corners that hassle people walking home and to the tesco store.
    This was just waiting to happen.
    It wont be the last attack reported on .

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