Talent manager ‘waved knife to avoid £6,500 nightclub bill’

A talent manager threatened bouncers with a knife to avoid paying a £6,500 bill at celebrity haunt Chinawhite, a court heard. Akira McLeary, 28, was part of a group of revellers who wracked up the massive bill at the club in Fitzrovia, central London, on 2 September 2019. When staff asked them to settle, McLeary became very agitated and pulled out a knife, Southwark Crown Court heard. McLeary brandished the knife towards staff in order to clear the way and…