Hoax HIV needle email

Police in Stoke-on-Trent are receiving numerous calls about a chain e-mail which has been circulated relating to a cinema in Stoke-on-Trent. The e-mail, which police believe may be malicious, has been spread across the area by genuinely concerned members of the public.

The e-mail states that police have issued a warning after a visitor to a cinema was injured by a needle. The e-mail then urges people to pass on the message to colleagues and agencies.

A Stoke-on-Trent Police spokesman said We have received no such reports, and we believe that this e-mail has been written to cause fear and alarm to members of the public. I urge members of the public not to send this e-mail on to others and to simply delete it. We have made contact with the organisations mentioned in the e-mail and none are aware of any such incident.

Posted: 21st October 2005