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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Levi Winchester

Sainsbury's fined £1million after 'booby trap' shattered disabled customer's jaw

Sainsbury's has been fined £1million after a shopper had her jaw shattered in life-changing injuries caused by a “booby trap” at one store.

Prosecutors argued Patricia Crampton could've been decapitated after she went into twine stretched taut between two pillars in the car park of her local supermarket.

The incident resulted in Mrs Crampton needing emergency surgery and titanium plates inserted in her jaw after the twine split her mouth open.

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