Thug tried to kill ex-partner in terrifying supermarket stab attack

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A spurned thug brutally tried to kill his ex-lover while she was working in a supermarket.Ben Jenkins was caught prowling the aisles of the Tesco store in Rutherglen looking for the woman on July 9 last year.The 35-year-old then stormed into a staff area and pounced on the terrified victim who had been trying to hide from him.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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He will be sentenced next month.Prosecutor Margaret Barron told how the pair began dating in February 2022 but then split in late June.On the day of the attack, the woman told a female colleague that Jenkins had been “constantly messaging” her, and that she had warned him to “back off” or she was calling the police.Jenkins, of Johnstone in Renfrewshire, was captured on CCTV entering the Tesco store at 1pm.Miss Barron said: “He walked towards the back of the store before walking up and down aisles.

He did not pick up a basket or appear to be shopping.”The bakery section worker was told her ex was in the shop, and Miss Barron said she "appeared to be frightened when she returned and spoke with"