Woman with psoriasis claims supermarket bosses asked her to leave after customers complained about her scars

A WOMAN who suffers from a painful skin condition says she was asked to leave a supermarket after complaints from customers about her appearance.

Psoriasis sufferer Kate Dalessio, 58, was told fellow shoppers in Sainsbury's had commented about scarring on her arms and claims the manager asked her to leave.

Angry Kate has accused the supermarket giants of treating her like a shoplifter and plans to sue.

But store bosses deny asking her to leave and say they were only trying to defuse an ugly situation as the shoppers who complained were getting more aggressive.

Managers insist they were only trying to protect Kate until the other shoppers had left and say she is welcome back any time.

The incident happened as Kate was out with her sister Alessandria, 59, at the Sainsburys store in Meadowbank, Edinburgh.

She says that she was taken to the duty managers office before being escorted out of the store in front of staff and customers.

Kate said: The duty manager told me that there had been complaints from two customers that I was being offensive.

He explained that they objected to the state of my arms.

I was wearing a sleeveless top and you could see the scarring my condition causes. The manager then took me downstairs back through the store in front of everyone to the exit.

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Woman with psoriasis claims supermarket bosses asked her to leave after customers complained about her scars