Woman racially abused security guard at Jarrow Morrisons and then swung punch after being refused booze
A South Tyneside woman racially abused a supermarket security guard and swung a punch at another staff member after being refused booze for allegedly being drunk.
Jodene Dale, 38, swore in telling the guard at a Morrisons store in Jarrow, “You kill our children”, borough magistrates heard.
Dale, of Elberfield Court, also Jarrow, was escorted out by other employees at 4.15pm on Tuesday, August 6 last year – and tried to hit one but missed.
She pleaded not guilty to a charge of racially aggravated harassment and her case was adjourned for trial to Friday, November 21 of this year.
But she failed to appear and was convicted in her absence, prosecutor Glenda Beck said – and then arrested by police on a warrant.
Mrs Beck said: “The security guard says he heard a noise at the self-service checkouts.
“He then saw a customer getting agitated and was told that the female had been refused alcohol due to being intoxicated.
“He approached and asked if he could help. She said, ‘You kill our children’. This caused him upset.
“Colleagues attended and escorted the woman out. When she was leaving, he saw her throw a punch at a colleague.
“The guard was alarmed but I can’t suggest he was seriously alarmed.”
In a victim statement, the victim said the experience of encountering Dale had made him feel low and he had been targeted because of his race.
Dale was before the courts in May last year, being jailed for possession of a bladed article and a public order offence, it was said.
And in July of this year, she was sentenced to a 12-month community order for an offence of assaulting an emergency worker, committed in March 2024.
At her latest court hearing, she also pleaded guilty to a bail act charge in failing to attend her trial.
Glen Reardon, defending, admitted Dale had been “particularly abusive and insulting” and the racial abuse was a follow-on remark.
He added: “This was an offence that occurred in August 2024, and she hasn’t committed an offence since.
“My submission is that she is currently working well with the Probation Service.”
Magistrates fined Dale £300 and ordered her to pay £150 compensation to the guard, with £300 court costs.