baby food containing shards of metal on the shelves of a Tesco store in Lockerbie, a court heard today. Nigel Wright, 45, is accused of launching a blackmail campaign against the supermarket giant.
The court was also told how he sent letters threatening to inject salmonella into tins of food. The farmer is accused of demanding around £1.5million in Bitcoin by sending letters to Tesco in order for him to reveal what goods had been contaminated.
Wright, of Market Rasen, Linconshire, is alleged to have placed bits of metal in jars of baby food and put them on shelves of stores in Rochdale and Lockerbie.
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