Penarth,South Wales - Nail salon technician who attacked customer over complaints about his work is fined £750 by magistrates

Lang Van Pham leaves Cardiff Magistrates' Court (left) and Amazing Nails (right)

•  5 JAN 2016
• BY WALES NEWS SERVICE

Lang Van Pham said he was 'a little bit angry' after his nail filing was criticised by a customer at Amazing Nails in Penarth

A nail salon worker has been fined for attacking a customer after complaints about the way he filed fingers.

Lang Van Pham, 26, pushed a 21-year-old customer onto a sofa after becoming “agitated” at hearing that her sister planned on not paying.

Cardiff Magistrates’ Court was told victim Anais Petherick visited the nail salon in Penarthwith her sister Sinead – who became unhappy with Pham’s manicure.

Sinead Petherick complained several times and Pham’s wife, salon owner Thamh Thu Thi Nguyen, even tried to correct her husband’s work.

But Sinead was still unhappy with the treatment and told the pair she would not be paying.

A court was told that Vietnamese national Pham “became angry” and started “pulling on Sinead’s hands”.

'They were locked in the store'

And the salon worker then locked the two girls inside Amazing Nails Salon demanding that they paid him.

Prosecutor Jamie Dewar said: “Anais asked if she could leave and reached to the door with her right arm.

“At this point Pham used both hands to push her left arm causing her to fall onto a leather sofa next to the door.

“The sisters became alarmed and upset and were locked in the store.”

Pham, of Penarth, told police in interview he refiled Sinead’s nails “four or five times” but she was still unhappy with the service.

'I did her nails so many times and I did a beautiful job'

Defence barrister Neil Evans said: “He had done all 10 nails and she said her thumb was slightly out of kilter from the other nails.

“Pham’s wife made another two attempts to rectify the problem but after that Sinead announced she was not paying the £30 fee.

“She then stood up and her and her sister started to walk towards the door but Pham got there first and locked it.”

Mr Evans said that Anais: “Grabbed a pool cue and then was swinging it wildly at Pham but she struck the glass on a number of occasions.”

Pham told the court: “I did her nails so many times and I did beautiful job. Maybe I was a little bit angry.”

The nail salon worker was found guilty after trial of one count of assault.

Magistrates fined him a total of £570.

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