A resident of Valls assaulted a supermarket worker on Germans Sant Gabriel street after trying to take two packs of beer without paying. The events occurred on Friday, May 8, around 11:30 AM, according to a report from the Valls Local Police.
The sequence began with an argument over a price discrepancy, but ended with a physical assault when the man left the establishment without paying for his purchase, taking advantage of the cashier's absence. When she tried to retrieve the products, the employee stopped him, and the individual grabbed her by the neck on two occasions.
The police report places the origin of the incident inside the supermarket, where the customer and the worker had an argument over the purchase amount. At that moment, the man took advantage of the cashier's absence from her post to leave the premises with the beer without paying.
Once outside the checkout area, the employee tried to prevent him from taking the products. The man refused to return them and grabbed the worker by the neck on two occasions, according to the reconstruction included in the Valls Local Police's investigation.
A passerby stopped the assault on Germans Sant Gabriel street
The intervention of a person passing through the area prevented the episode from escalating. The passerby stepped in to stop the assault and cut off the man's actions as he struggled with the worker.
The case brings together in a few minutes an argument over the price, leaving the premises without paying, and an assault when the employee tried to retrieve the merchandise. It all happened in an establishment on Germans Sant Gabriel street, a street in the municipality of Valls.
The argument over the price led to the attempt to leave with two packs of beer
The man's actions, according to the report, did not occur at the checkout, but when he noticed the cashier's absence. This circumstance allowed him to leave the supermarket without paying for the two packs of beer he was carrying.
The last detail recorded by the police action is the specific time of the incident, around 11:30 AM on Friday, May 8, in a supermarket on Germans Sant Gabriel street in Valls.