Armed police were called following the incident
Lisa Kelly pleaded guilty to a knife attack on another woman outside a supermarket in Derby(Image: Derbyshire police)
A Derby woman who carried out a knife attack outside an Asda supermarket claims she only confronted another woman with the weapon as a “scare tactic”.
Armed police were called to the Asda supermarket in Arleston Lane, Sinfin, at around 8.30pm on Wednesday, November 5, following reports of a woman being stabbed in the wrist.
Officers found the victim, a woman in her 40s, had suffered a non-life-threatening injury to her wrist.
A member of the public had recorded the incident on their mobile phone and flagged down one of the attending officers to show them the footage, who identified the suspect as Lisa Kelly.
Following a public appeal for information to try and find her, she was located and arrested on Saturday, November 8.
During an interview, police said that Kelly told officers she had met the victim earlier in the day, and they had been drinking.
She later went to a cash machine close to the Asda, during which an altercation took place between the pair.
Kelly alleged the victim’s dog bit her, and she ran off into the supermarket and asked staff to call the police.
She then stole a pack of knives and went back outside with the blades as a ‘scare tactic’.
But she lashed out at the victim with one of the knives, causing the injury to her wrist.
In a statement, the victim said: “Directly after this incident, my anxiety increased to the point that I was not able to go out at all, and I was unable to sleep.”
The 40-year-old, of Burton Road, Derby, was remanded to prison after being arrested and charged with the offence.
Earlier this week (April 8) at Derby Crown Court she admitted a charge of Section 20 GBH without intent.
Kelly also admitted a charge of theft and possession of a bladed article in public.
She will be sentenced at the same court on May 28.