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British PM distances self from Jamaican restaurant owner
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron through a spokesman has distanced himself from a 67-year-old British-Jamaican restaurant owner who was last week found guilty of wounding a man with a hacksaw according to reports on the website oxfordstudent.com
Hugh 'Andy' Anderson, in several reports, has been quoted as saying that in the 1980s, he served the future Prime Minister (PM) as they listened to reggae music in his Hi-Lo Jamaican Eating House.
Anderson also claims that the PM used to help look after his son.
<span style="font-weight: bold">It is reported that Anderson's café is opposite the house the PM used to live when he was a student at the Oxford University.</span>
hacksaw
However, last week, the Reading Crown Court in London heard that back in 2010, Hugh Anderson was wielding a hacksaw and meted out a "continual rain of blows" on one of his customers.
It is reported that the victim Sean Tizard suffered cuts to his face, hands and chest.
Anderson is to be sentenced later this month.
A spokesman for the PM said: "David Cameron used to visit the Hi-Lo café when he was a student, but that was rather a long time ago."
THE STAR understands that Anderson recalled that Cameron would visit the establishment "once or twice a week" and that he trusted the future PM to look after his young son.
"If I needed to go off and serve someone a drink I would leave Daniel on David's lap. It would only be for a few minutes but it could happen up to 12 times a night. David never minded and I can remember him sitting with Daniel and getting him to count his fingers," Anderson reportedly said.
controversy
Meanwhile, it is also reported that this is not the first time the restaurant has been embroiled in controversy.
In 2010, it is reported that officials tore down a smoking shelter which Anderson had been asked to remove, and earlier this year, the restaurant's live music licence was reportedly suspended by the council.
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