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A woman has been banned from Asda for three years following an argument with a shop assistant.

Rakel Bryan, 29, from Hull, was left "fuming" when the incident happened.

She reportedly had a row with a member of staff at the Beverley Road store in Hull when he asked her to show her ID when buying cigarette papers.

She said: “I thought it was a joke, I’m absolutely fuming. I go in there every day to do shopping for my mum because she can’t get about very well.

“I don’t like the way I’ve been treated - I feel like I am being bullied."

On Wednesday, Ms Bryan entered the shop to buy cigarette papers for her sister.

She asked for a packet of Zig-Zag papers and was surprised when the employee asked her for proof of ID, HullLive reports.

“I said 'aw shut up d**khead', as a joke. I thought he was laughing with me and then he said, ‘no I’m being serious’," Ms Bryan claims.

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“I said ‘how dare you ID me?’.

“I had a panic attack, I felt like everyone was staring at me.”

Following a confrontation, a security guard took the woman out of the shop and calmed her down.

When she went into the shop again the next day, members of staff informed her she had been banned from the store for three years.

She arranged to meet the manager at 5pm the following Friday.

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She said: “He was rude and didn’t listen to what I had to say and said the reason I was banned was because I had been racist."

Ms Bryan denies the accusation, adding: “I’m not a racist, I had an ex-boyfriend who was black.”

She said she went into the shop with her friend Roxanne Marshall on Thursday after an employee on the door told her she was allowed to.

However, she claims she was confronted again by other members of staff.

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Ms Marshall said: “She was told she could come in. She only had a stew pack and some sausages.

“As I was walking up I could see two staff verbally abusing her. They were right in her face. I said there is no need for that it’s bullying. They told her you’re never coming in here again.”

An Asda spokesman said: “While we would never discuss individual circumstances, we take any concerns of this nature seriously and will not tolerate any form of abuse or discrimination towards our customers or colleagues.”