Clement Morgan, 43, assaulted workers during ‘short-changed’ row

A Willesden man has been jailed for a vicious shop attack where he used a pepper spray and slashed a worker with a knife.

Clement Morgan, of Pound Lane, became embroiled in an argument with two members of staff in Food & Wine in High Road, Willesden, after he claimed he had been short-changed on October 12 last year.

Harrow Crown Court heard during the row the 43-year-old pulled out a knife and chased the workers around the shop.

He cut one man in his hand before pulling out a small can of pepper spray and using it at the back of the shop.

A third man was injured when he ran into the shop to try and help the two victims.

Morgan fled the store but was identified on CCTV and arrested.

He admitted wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm and possessing a prohibited weapon for discharge of noxious liquid/gas/electrical incapacitation device/thing.

He was jailed for eight years.

DC Matt Wait from Brent Police said: “Clement Morgan is a dangerous male who committed a terrifying attack on his victim.

“This sentence sends a clear message to others that the police and courts will take a robust approach against those who seek to place our communities in fear”