Solicitor remanded in custody accused of contaminating food with blood

Hammersmith & Fulham Council advised shoppers to throw away anything bought from the three shops late on Wednesday

Police outside the Tesco Express affected on Fulham Palace Road, west London (Jonathan Brady/PA)

A solicitor has appeared in court accused of injecting syringes filled with blood into food items at three supermarkets in west London.

Leoaai Elghareeb, 37, is charged with contaminating or interfering with goods with intent at three stores – a Tesco Express, Little Waitrose and Sainsbury’s Local – in Fulham Palace Road on Wednesday evening.