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Holly Lennon & Neil Shaw

Humiliated mum accused of trying to buy scratchcard for five-year-old son

A mum was told to leave her local supermarket after being accused of buying a scratchcard for her five-year-old son. Carla Ria was in Asda with her son Vito on Saturday when she tried to buy a lottery card at a kiosk.

As her son is autistic and obsessed with letters and numbers Carla asked him to pick a number to help her decide which one to buy. The cashier refused to hand over the scratchcard.

Carla told GlasgowLive: "Vito is obsessed with numbers so I asked him to pick a number in a private conversation between the two of us. When I tried to buy it, the cashier refused to serve me.

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