A SUPERMARKET worker was assaulted when he tried to stop a theft outside Morrisons on the Bessingby Industrial Estate in Bridlington.

Police said two teenage boys approached the 28-year-old worker at the side of the building and stole the shovel he was using.

When the assistant tried to retrieve it, one of the boys allegedly assaulted him, until another staff member came to his colleague’s assistance, and the boys ran away, leaving the shovel behind.

The incident happened on Thursday, June 14.