Sue Baker

Supermarkets withdraw "staggeringly offensive" costumes after outcry over mental health insensitivity

UK retailers have withdrawn controversial costumes from sale following criticism on social media.

The costumes attracted a number of complaints for being insensitive to people with mental health problems.

Asda, owned by US company Walmart, received the bulk of the criticism - via the social media site Twitter - over its sale of a ‘mental patient costume’.

Among the...