Published:
8:00 AM February 5, 2022
A father who pushed a man to the floor in a Suffolk supermarket after a row about the behaviour of his young son has been ordered to pay compensation.
Suffolk Magistrates’ Court heard how Ashley Ruffles, 34, was shopping in Sainsbury’s in Bury St Edmunds with his nine-year-old son at around 1pm on July 18 last year.
Ruffles’ son then began behaving badly in the store, and an argument ensued with a man who had told him to get his son under control, the court heard.
Ruffles then forcefully pushed the man to the back with two hands and the victim fell to the supermarket floor.
The man sustained minor injuries in the incident, including grazing to his head and bruising to his knee, David Bryant, prosecuting, told the court.
The victim did not require any medical treatment, the court heard.
The incident was captured on the store’s CCTV and was played to the court.
In police interview, Ruffles told officers that the man had pushed his son and he had retaliated, but there was no evidence of this on the CCTV, Mr Bryant told the…
