Shahan Mir allegedly slipped the laxative in the trainee’s drink while she was serving a customer at the Boots store
Shahan Mir, 34, was supervising a trainee when he allegedly added Lactulose to her drink while ‘her back was turned’, a trial at Birmingham Crown Court heard.Mir later said he only moved his colleague’s water bottle because he had asked her to stop bringing it onto the shop floor. Mir, of Kings Heath, Birmingham, denies a charge of causing a noxious thing to be taken with intent to annoy.Miss Abdulquader was serving a customer at the Fort Retail Park Boots branch in Erdington, when the incident occurred on March 21, 2018.Mr Barker said she took a sip from her water bottle and realised it was excessively sweet and the water had a yellow tinge.The prosecution told the court the footage showed Mir removing the bottle and a few seconds later replacing it.