Man charged with wiping spit on supermarket goods during coronavirus crisis

A 20-year-old man has been arrested after he allegedly wiped his saliva on products in a Dorset supermarket.

The man entered the Lidl store in St Andrews Road, Bridport wearing a face mask and gloves at about 2pm on Friday, Dorset Police said.

He allegedly then lowered the mask and licked his fingers before “purposefully” rubbing them onto an item in the store.

The force said following inquiries, the individual was arrested and charged with an offence of contaminating or interfering with goods with intent under Section 38 of the Public Order Act 1986.

He is due to appear before Weymouth Magistrates’ Court on Monday.

Dorset Police said the suspect did not have a confirmed case of Covid-19 and was not displaying any symptoms.