Violent public endangering lone workers

A female member of staff working alone at an off-licence in Cambridge was threatened by sword-wielding youths, who trapped her in the back room while they stole money, beer and cigarettes earlier this week.

This is only one of a number of attacks in the past month, and raises again the duty that companies have to protect their lone workers.

Earlier this month, Scottish Water workers were attacked with machetes while responding to an out of hours call, and a before that, a social worker in ... (278 more words)

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