Man, 32, arrested after Nando’s waitress slapped in the face with a plate

A antheral has been arrested connected suspicion of battle aft a waitress was deed successful the look with a plate astatine a London Nando’s restaurant.

CCTV footage shows Zahra, the waitress, delivering a tray of nutrient to a array wherever a antheral and pistillate were sat with their kid successful March past year.

The antheral past appears to person leaned guardant and whacked her successful the look with a sheet arsenic she laic the tray connected the table.

It reportedly followed an outburst from the antheral erstwhile helium was told he’d person to determination tables to usage a highchair for his child.

A 32-year-old antheral was arrested connected January 30. Police said: ‘He was taken into constabulary custody and has been bailed until a day successful mid-March pending further enquiries. An probe into the incidental remains ongoing.’

It’s taken astir a twelvemonth for constabulary to marque an arrest, contempt the waitress reporting the incidental to constabulary who were contiguous successful the edifice astatine the time.

‘I was grossly fto down by them’, Zahra said successful a TikTok video successful August aft sharing a clip of the attack.

The lawsuit was re-opened aft it went viral. She said: ‘I don’t deliberation the concern would person garnered arsenic overmuch attraction arsenic it has, but the enactment has been overwhelming.’

At the time, constabulary said: ‘We are alert of a video circulating online showing an incidental successful a subdivision of Nando’s successful Stratford which took spot successful March.

‘A study of battle was made to constabulary astatine the clip of the incident, however, it appears this was not progressed promptly by officers.

‘We are moving to found wherefore this happened and judge this is not the level of work Londoners should rightfully expect from the Met.

‘We person since made interaction with the unfortunate and a connection has been taken – we volition endeavour to support her updated with the advancement of this investigation.’

A spokesperson for Nando’s antecedently said: ‘This was a shocking and unprovoked onslaught earlier this year.

‘We reported it to the constabulary instantly and person supported our workfellow since.

‘We volition not tolerate this benignant of behaviour, the information of our colleagues and customers is our priority.’

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