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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Anna Falkenmire

Shopping basket assault case to go to trial after worker hospitalised

The Coles supermarket in Wallsend where a worker was allegedly assaulted. File picture

A MAN accused of seriously injuring a supermarket worker by striking him with a shopping basket in broad daylight is set to stand trial.

Matthew James Carlton fronted Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday when he pleaded not guilty to four charges stemming from an attack at the Coles in Wallsend Village last year.

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