Man, 44, is charged withAldi stabbing murder

A 44-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with murder after supermarket worker Jodie Willsher was stabbed to death in an Aldi store in Skipton, North Yorkshire Police said.

The 44-year-old local man was questioned on suspicion of murder yesterday morning.

The supermarket worker who was stabbed to death in an aisle at work was a “bubbly, lovely girl”, well-wishers have said.

Customers pinned down the suspect after Jodie Willsher, 30, was attacked at an Aldi in Skipton, North Yorkshire, on Thursday afternoon.

Mrs Willsher was married to Mal and their daughter is at primary school. He changed his profile picture on Facebook to show the couple smiling together.

The town council’s mayor, Andy Rankine, said: “Skipton is a small but close-knit community where most people know each other. We are in shock about the sad events of yesterday where a store worker was murdered whilst going about her duties.

“The whole town is in shock and grieving over the loss of Jodie.

“Christmas this year will be an ordeal for many residents.”

People left tributes on a community Facebook page, saying “she was such a happy, friendly person”, while another described her as a “bubbly, lovely girl”.

One wrote: “Horrendous, so tragic for her family.”

One shopper who was in the store at the time of the attack said she had “never been so scared in my life”.

The witness, who asked to remain anonymous, heard “loads of screams” then saw the victim lying on the floor and a man pinned down as “everyone screamed and ran up and down”.