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Kitchen left 'covered in blood' after take-away workers attacked each other over 'who was better chef'
Summary
In July 2019, two take‑away workers, Dawei Zhang (37) and Han Chung Tang (45), fought violently over a dispute about who was the better chef in the kitchen of Jumbo Wok takeaway in Kimmage, Dublin. Tang struck Zhang with a meat cleaver, after which Zhang repeatedly stabbed Tang with a knife. Tang was found in the back yard of the restaurant with severe blood loss and multiple stab wounds, while Zhang suffered lacerations to his scalp, chest and shoulder. Both men pleaded guilty to assault causing harm and to producing a knife in the course of a dispute. The Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, hearing the case in 2024, sentenced each man to 240 hours of community service in lieu of prison terms—Zhang in lieu of a two‑and‑a‑half‑year sentence and Tang in lieu of a two‑year sentence. The judge noted the violence was gratuitous and that neither man had prior convictions.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Kitchen left 'covered in blood' after take-away workers attacked each other over 'who was better chef'. Charges or matters: one count of assault causing harm and one count of producing a knife in the course of a dispute at the restaurant on July 27, 2019; the same charges. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- July 2019 Other
- July 27, 2019 Incident
- 2024-07-29 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: one count of assault causing harm and one count of producing a knife in the course of a dispute at the restaurant on July 27, 2019; the same charges (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: She ordered Zhang to perform 240 hours of community service in lieu of a two-and-a-half-year sentence and Tang to perform the same number of hours in lieu of a two-year sentence.
Defendant
Charges: one count of assault causing harm and one count of producing a knife in the course of a dispute at the restaurant on July 27, 2019; the same charges (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: She ordered Zhang to perform 240 hours of community service in lieu of a two-and-a-half-year sentence and Tang to perform the same number of hours in lieu of a two-year sentence.
Places mentioned
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Cloonlara Square
- Phoenix Park
- Dublin
- Portlaoise
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