A man caused mayhem in a pet shop car park when staff accused him of stealing a rat, a court heard yesterday.
Painter and decorator Mark Collier, 51, angrily got into his van and tried to drive away from the Pets at Home store in Gloucester - but one of the staff was standing in front of him and was thrown onto the bonnet.
Amazingly, the shop worker managed in desperation to punch through Collier's van windscreen, shattering it, said prosecutor Julian Kesner at Gloucester Crown Court.
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