Builder barricaded himself in shop when he was refused free fag

CANNING TOWN

A drunken builder who barricaded himself in a store and held a knife to another customer’s throat when he was refused a cigarette was jailed for 15 months. Florin Barsan, 27, made his way to Nuradin Osman’s shop in Manor Park, east London after downing a bottle of whiskey on 15 July. The enraged Romanian asked for a cigarette but became enraged when Mr Osman said he would have to pay for it. He locked the doors of the Murabak…

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