A CUSTOMER at a take away in Ellesmere Port was so angry with his order he took an imitation firearm to go and confront staff.

Marin Kaminksi, of Grace Road, had ‘a moment of madness’ and thought he was being victimised when the ‘slight error’ to his order was made on May 23 this year.

He had placed the order at Great Sutton Pizza and Kebab on Whetstone Hey and although it was delivered to him, he made an angry phone call to the shop soon afterwards.

Kaminksi had already pleaded guilty for being in possession of an imitation firearm and threatening violence and was appearing at Chester Crown Court today (Monday, November 15) to be sentenced.

Andrew Green, prosecuting, said how the defendant rang the kebab shop at about 7.40pm, shouting and abusing Victoria Bailey, the employee who had taken his order.

He said: “He was abusive towards her, shouting that his order was wrong.

“As the tirade continued, he threatened to come down to the shop.

“At 8pm, the defendant arrived at the shop with a female and demanded he speak to the boss.

“He was abusive and persistent and although told to leave, told Ms Bailey to ‘shut her f*****g mouth’ and that he knew her face and would remember it.”

Kaminski then put his hand under his jumper and a customer witnessed what they thought was a handgun in the waistband of his trousers.

The girl with Kaminski was actually his niece and although she managed to usher him out of the shop he made one more threat to Ms Bailey saying, “I know you and am coming for you”.

Mr Green went on to explain how police attended Kaminski’s home where they found a carbon dioxide powered air pistol in his shed, which he later admitted taking with him to the shop.

In a victim impact statement read to the court, Victoria Bailey said she couldn’t believe what had happened to her.

She said: “Nobody has a right to be abusive to a person in their place of work.

“I didn’t think he would actually turn up and I feel guilty now for sticking up for myself.

“I’m shook up about what happened and I don’t feel safe going back to work.”

Laura Knightly, defending, said her client had taken the gun to the shop for his own safety and never had any intention of using it.

She said: “He had previously encountered a problem at another kebab shop and thought he was being victimised.

“He admitted taking the gun to scare staff and to make them show him some respect.

“He accepts full responsibility and has shown genuine remorse for making a rash decision and acting very foolishly.”

Ms Knightly went on to say how Kaminski had been under stress and pressure at the time the incident took place.

Judge Stephen Everett, Honorary Recorder of Chester, told Kaminski his behaviour was ‘disgusting’ and the matter was aggravated by the fact he’d taken his niece with him.

He said: “You shouted really unpleasant abuse at her down the phone because your order was slightly not to your liking.

“She was just doing her job and nobody should have to put up with that kind of behaviour in their place of work.

“To make matters worse, you then went down there with your niece and took the imitation firearm with you.

“Nobody who saw it would know it wasn’t real, but fortunately you didn’t take it out and point it at anybody.

“It’s a sad reflection of the time times we’re living in that people working in such places have to face such disgusting abuse.”

He was sentenced to 18 weeks in custody, although that term will be suspended for 18 months.

The judge decided that Kaminksi, who has no previous criminal record, would be better served working with the probation service on his problems with decision making.