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A CRAZED Chinese chef challenged the boss who had just sacked him to a duel - with meat cleavers.

Xian Ming Wang grabbed the knives after arguing with takeway owner Tat Chung Cheung over a work permit.

Wang placed a cleaver on the counter of the busy shop and screamed: "One for me and one for you." He then vowed to chop Mr Cheung up, adding: "I have already chopped up a man - and I will do the same to you."

Wang, 37, was jailed for seven months at Dumbarton Sheriff Court yesterday.

He admitted challenging his former boss to a fight, making threats of violence, brandishing the cleavers and placing a couple in a state of fear and alarm.

The court heard Mr Cheung, 43, and his wife Kwan Chung, 39, were so terrified of Wang they tried to have the charges dropped against him.

The couple were so afraid of the cook, they closed down their shop - Terry and Jean in Clydebank, near Glasgow - for fear of "repercussions".

Gillian Climie, prosecuting, said the takeaway was busy with customers when Wang lost his temper last month.

She said Wang was told he was being sacked after failing to produce his work permit.

Miss Climie said: "The accused took exception to this.

"He first of all took hold of a brush from the kitchen sink and began to bang it against the sink.

"The accused was asked to leave the premises but picked up two meat cleavers and brandished them at the couple, who were extremely fearful.

"He then placed one of the cleavers on the counter, holding on to the other one, and said to Mr Cheung, 'One for me... and one for you'.

"He seemed to be inviting Mr Cheung to take up the cleaver.

"The accused then brandished the cleaver above his head, stating, 'I am not scared of you. Me and you will have a fight. I will chop you up'.

"He continued with this extremely threatening language and said, 'You better not trust me. I have already chopped up a man and I will do the same to you'."

A delivery driver dialled 999 and police officers detained Wang.

Prosecutors revealed Wang had a previous conviction for a violent assault.

Sheriff George Jamieson, called it "an atrocious breach of the peace.".

He added: "You boasted of having chopped up someone else in the past. There is only one disposal in this case, and that is custody."