‘Insane’ lawyer, 37, injected food with blood using needles in Hammersmith supermarkets

An ‘insane’ lawyer injected food with his blood at a series of supermarkets in West London in a £500,000 rampage, a court heard.

Leoaai Elghareeb, 37, wandered into high street stores carrying a bucketful of hypodermic needles as he jabbed at products including Chicken Tikka on Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, between 7pm and 8pm on August 25 last year, it was said.

The solicitor also threw a syringe at a doctor but it fortunately bounced off her harmlessly,  causing no injuries, jurors heard.

The three supermarkets – Sainsbury’s Local, Tesco Express and Little Waitrose – had to throw away all their products as a precaution, causing nearly £500,000 in losses, Isleworth Crown Court heard.

Police were alerted at around 7.40pm after a man was reported to be throwing blood-filled syringes…