Knife threat chef ‘depressed during lockdown’

A chef at an exclusive Mayfair restaurant terrorised a woman with a knife after his mental health deteriorated during the coronavirus lockdown, a court heard. Richard Nugent, 33, armed himself with a 15 inch blade on May 2 and made his way to Oxford Circus in London’s West End. The £33,000 a year chef grabbed the woman and held her at knife point while screaming in her face. Terrified witnesses alerted police and the Irishman was arrested, telling officer it…