MASH AND GRAB
Watch as brawl breaks out at Nando’s between fuming customers – who battle each other with chairs
THIS is the moment a brawl broke out at Nando's between customers who began battling each other with CHAIRS.
Olivia Malone and her boyfriend went out for a "quiet" dinner at the Trafford Retail Park Nando's branch in Greater Manchester on Sunday November 13.
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The couple were waiting for their food when a heated argument broke out between an unknown man and woman who were dining separately with their friend and family respectively.
The 24-year-old doesn't know why the two strangers started arguing but says it quickly escalated into them threatening each other with chairs as children in the restaurant screamed in terror.
The enraged duo were caught on camera grappling over a chair before the man let go and the woman continued to "wield it like a weapon" - even appearing to attempt to hit him with it.
Two other men, believed to be the man's friend and the woman's partner, can then be seen attempting to calm the rampaging pair before a staff member steps in to break the fight up.
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Olivia, from Salford, Greater Manchester, said: "The woman was at a table with her partner and kids and the man was at another table with his friend.
"I just looked up and they were in each other's faces saying god knows what aggressively and then they were sort of circling around the table.
"I couldn't hear what they were saying, all you could hear was children screaming because it was such a drama.
"He picked up a chair and then she picked a chair up and that's when I got my camera out.
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"They were wielding chairs like weapons. They were both as bad as each other.
"At that point she started picking the chair up and slamming it around. It hit my table that I was sat at and that's when I stopped recording.
"She then proceeded to pick a plate up and smash it on the floor before they all got escorted out."
The marketing executive claims staff members booted both parties out of the restaurant immediately and called the police.
She says she and her boyfriend were still dining when four police officers arrived to review the CCTV footage.
Olivia said: "I'm quite nosey so I'm one of them that's there with the camera always ready to catch things and trying to see what's going on.
"It was a shock. You don't expect to go for a quiet Nando's on a Sunday as well, the day of rest, and then it's kicking off.
"We stayed to eat because they'd already been escorted out and then four cops came to look at the CCTV."
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Nando's declined to comment.
Greater Manchester Police were contacted for comment.
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