Friday, January 05, 2007

Asda ban for 'hoodie' gran

An elderly skin cancer victim was ordered to remove the hood she wore to cover her bandages as she entered a Wirral superstore for some post-Christmas shopping.

Staff at the Asda store in Liscard insisted that great-grandmother Ruth Stoba's headgear had to be removed for "security reasons".

The frail 85-year-old has 19 stitches in her head and wore a long purple padded coat with its hood pulled up because she was self-conscious of her bandages.

"It was obvious that she wasn't a young 'hoodie.' You could tell by her thick glasses, grey hair and walking stick." said her daughter Janet Dellius.

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