A shopkeeper suffered a "horrific" 17cm wound after being attacked by a thief.
Darren MacPhee, from Birkenhead, left the employee with a "grave laceration" to his back after the worker attempted to stop him from shoplifting. But the "danger to the public" then called the police claiming that he was the one who had been attacked.
Liverpool Crown Court heard this morning, Monday, that the 29-year-old entered the store at around 9.15pm on July 20 2020 and was instantly recognised by the victim after an attempted theft nine days earlier. MacPhee picked up several four packs of beer inside, but the staff member armed himself with a broken plastic mop handle and stood between him and the exit.
