Actress batters chip shop boss

An actress assaulted the manager of an upmarket fish and chip restaurant and returned two months later to attack the owner, a court heard. Sophie Gatacre, 57, called Hamza Ahmed ‘a dirty Bangladeshi man’ before slapping his face at The Chipping Forecast in Notting Hill. Gatacre started talking to Mr Ahmed but he did did not reply as she had previously verbally abused him. As Mr Ahmed tried to set up tables and chairs outside Gatacre blocked his way at…