Cheetham Hill last summer. He returned half-an-hour later with his dad and brother and waited outside.Manchester Crown Court heard that when the newsagent returned to the shop, following a worried call from his wife, Boshaala adopted a ‘fighting stance’ and hit him in the face with a chopstick.
The blow knocked the man to the floor and left him with a cut lip, which needed stitches.Boshaala has now been handed six-month sentence, suspended for two years, having previously admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm.Prosecutor Jon Close earlier told the court Boshaala went into the shop on July 3.It was alleged he took a cup of coffee he didn’t pay for.
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