A furious pizza shop customer pulled out a machete and threatened staff after a bust up about his food taking too long.
The workers at Royal Pizza in Wakefield were left terrified and called the police as bare-chested Diocliciano Rodrigues stood outside the Doncaster Road shop waving the sword around and gesturing for a fight. The 28-year-old, who works as a chef, avoided jail this week after appearing at Leeds Crown Court and admitting making threats with a bladed article in a public place. Prosecutor Lily Wildman said that the Portuguese national had entered the store on August 28, 2021 at around 3.
showed him waving it around. He was arrested and claimed during his police interview that the staff had made racist remarks to him. Rodrigues, now of Greensted Road , Loughton, Essex, has no previous convictions. A probation report found that he had moved to the UK in 2019 and was living near the takeaway at the time. He admitted it was a 'foolish decision' to leave and return with the machete, but claimed he had found the weapon that moment and did not retrieve it from home.
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