{"id":142511,"date":"2025-05-29T22:22:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T22:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/142511\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T22:22:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T22:22:13","slug":"woman-dies-after-assault-outside-lidl-as-two-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/142511\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman dies after &#8216;assault&#8217; outside Lidl as two arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two people are currently in custody<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_LIDL.jpg\" alt=\"Stourport Lidl in Vale Road\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Stourport Lidl in Vale Road(Image: Google )<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Two people have been arrested on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter after a pensioner who was allegedly attacked outside a Midlands Lidl died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The 71-year-old woman has sadly passed away following an altercation outside the supermarket in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/worcestershire\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Stourport&#8217;s Vale Road<\/a> some time between 4pm and 8pm yesterday, May 28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Four people, including the victim, were said to have been involved in the incident which also saw a 65-year-old man injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE:<\/strong> <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/man-woman-60s-arrested-after-31748718?int_source=nba\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Man and woman in 60s arrested after &#8216;GBH outside Midlands Lidl&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">West Mercia Police said earlier today that a a 62-year-old woman and a 67-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">However, following the woman&#8217;s tragic passing, they&#8217;re now being held on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The latest statement from the force reads: &#8220;Sadly, the 71-year-old woman involved in the incident outside of <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/lidl\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Lidl<\/a> in Stourport yesterday has since passed away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The 62-year-old woman and the 67-year-old man who were arrested following the incident have been further arrested on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Enquiries remain on-going surrounding the circumstances of the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We would ask the public to refrain from speculating online and respect her family\u2019s privacy at this difficult time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The force previously said: &#8220;We&#8217;re appealing for witnesses following an assault outside of the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/lidl\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"LidlLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Lidl<\/a> in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/worcestershire\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Stourport<\/a> on Vale Road, between 4pm and 8pm yesterday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Four people were reportedly involved in the altercation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;A 65-year-old man and 71-year-old woman were allegedly assaulted. They all then left the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;A 62-year-old woman and a 67-year-old man have been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and remain in police custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Officers are now appealing to the public for information.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Detective Inspector Warren Matthews of <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/worcestershire\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">north Worcestershire CID<\/a> added: \u201cEnquiries are on-going to establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We are keen to hear from any witnesses or anyone who may have dash-cam footage from Lidl car park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cPlease get in contact with us if you think you have information which could help in our investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people are currently in custodyStourport Lidl in Vale Road(Image: Google ) Two people have been arrested on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[188,12,16,15,16556,9162],"class_list":{"0":"post-142511","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-west-mercia-police","14":"tag-worcestershire"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114593460730642071","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}