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Tesco equips staff with body cameras after assaults rise a third in a single year

WORKERS at Britain’s biggest supermarket chain are being offered body cameras to deter violence from customers after the number of attacks on them soared.

The head of Tesco has also echoed a trade union call for the government to make violence against shop workers a specific offence with tougher penalties.

Chief executive Ken Murphy said Tesco had also increased security measures such as secure door access systems in its stores, installed protection screens and introduced digital radios for staff.

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