A Canberra man accused of stabbing a co-worker in a restaurant has been freed on bail after the magistrate found the wounds left by the attack were nasty but not life-threatening.
Fu Shuang Lo, 60, has been charged with recklessly inflicting grievous bodily harm.
He appeared in the ACT Magistrates Court today via video link and was helped by an interpreter.
Court documents revealed the alleged fight between Mr Lo and another man spilled into the dining room of the Orient Kitchen in Weston, with both brandishing meat cleavers, as customers fled.
Police said there had been a long-running dispute between Mr Lo and the alleged victim, over how orders were dealt with.
It is alleged that Mr Lo first punched the other man in the face before picking up the meat cleaver and slashing his back.
Police alleged Mr Lo left the area but later returned.
The alleged victim was first taken to a medical centre and then to hospital with several wounds.
After viewing images of the wounds, Magistrate Margaret Hunter said they were "serious wounds" and "particularly nasty" but not life-threatening.
She has granted bail to Mr Lo but he is banned from the suburb of Weston and must surrender any passports he owns.
The case will be back in court in January.
