Father dies after being punched in shop queue
A ‘GENTLE’ businessman has died after being attacked by another customer while queuing outside a DIY store.
Witnesses suggested Andrew Webster, 51, and his attacker were involved in an altercation in the queue outside a branch of screwfix, in Warrington, Cheshire. The shop is only allowing customers to pick up click and collect orders because of the coronavirus pandemic.
It is thought Mr Webster was punched and suffered head injuries after falling and hitting the pavement during the attack on Thursday, July 2.
He was taken to Aintree Hospital in Liverpool for specialist care but died nearly a week later. Police said a 24-year-old man arrested on suspicion of assault had been bailed pending further inquiries.
staff refused to talk about the incident or confirm rumours that the argument began over queue jumping.
There have been long queues outside the store because of the limited service.
However, another trader on the small industrial estate said he had been told that the two men got into a row, possibly because one of them jumped the queue, and Mr Webster was hit four times.
Last night Mr Webster’s tearful wife, Lisa, 42, with whom he had an 11-year-old daughter, Ruby, told the Daily Mail that her husband had not known his assailant before the attack. she described him as the ‘gentlest of men’.
In a tribute on Facebook, Mrs Webster revealed that her husband’s organs had been donated before he died. ‘I want you all to know he was my true hero,’ she wrote. ‘He was just the most amazing, bravest guy.’
Mr Webster, from Warrington, used to run a firm fitting green energy solutions to homes.
‘The most amazing, bravest guy’