TERROR IN TOWIE LAND: Thug who brandished meat cleaver in Brentwood jailed

WEAPON: Stoian brandished a meat cleaver like this in Brentwood while drunk

A THUG who drunkenly brandished a meat cleaver in the heart of TOWIE land has been jailed for four months.

Daniel Stoian, 23, was in Ongar Road, Brentwood, Essex, on September 16 when he threatened people while brandishing the meat cleaver while intoxicated.

Stoian, from Roman Road, Mile End, east London, pleaded guilty to one charge of unlawfully possessing a bladed article in public at Basildon Magistrates Court.

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He was jailed for four months and ordered to pay £115 victim surcharge plus £85 court costs. The meat cleaver will be destroyed.

Brentwood features heavily in reality TV show The Only Way is Essex known as TOWIE.