UNJUST DESERTS
36 WEEKS’ JAIL FOR BREAKING CABBIE’S NOSE IN UNPROVOKED ATTACK OUTSIDE CARDIFF VENUE
A cabbie suffered a broken nose after being punched by a drunk man in an unprovoked attack. A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court heard that the victim Parviz Hydary pulled up in his cab outside the Tramshed, in Cardiff, at around 11pm on October 12, 2022. Radoslaw Wilczek, 27 approached shouting and swearing and then punched the side of the vehicle. Mr Hydary attempted to speak to Wilczek who continued being aggressive. Wilczek reacted by punching the victim to the face through the cab’s open window. The defendant began to walk away
as Mr Hydary got out of his car and checked for dents. Wilczek returned and punched the victim again, shouting and swearing and also punched the taxi.
Members of the public intervened, a police car was flagged down and the defendant arrested. Mr Hydary was treated at hospital for a dislocated nose. In a victim statement he said: “I now suffer from long-term sinus issues
and 80% of the time I can’t smell. “It has affected me mentally: when I am working I am worried people will go in my vehicle and become paranoid I will get attacked again. I had to have four weeks off work.” Wilczek later pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The defendant has previous convictions for possession of a firearm in public, shoplifting, and affray and assault in Poland. Recorder Corinna Ferguson sentenced Wilczek to 36 weeks imprisonment but due to time spent on remand the defendant was released immediately.
SUSPENDED SENTENCES FOR HULL COUPLE WHO HIT CABBIE WITH BOTTLE AND PUNCHED HIM
An aggressive woman smashed a cabbie on the head with a bottle and her drunken boyfriend repeatedly punched him after a nasty Christmas Day argument in 2021 turned violent. A fight broke out when the driver refused to
drive the couple
because he did not like their “attitude” when they got into his taxi, Hull Crown Court heard. Millie Crockett, 21, and Kieron Marston, 23, both from west Hull, admitted assaulting the man, causing actual bodily harm. Stephen Welch, prosecuting, said that when the cabbie collected Crockett and Marston they slammed the door as they got in and there was an atmosphere that put the taxi driver on edge. Marston’s door was not closed properly and he slammed it again
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and said: “Just drive.” The driver said: “I don’t like your attitude. I am not taking you. I don’t want you in my car. Get yourself another car.” Marston sprayed the driver on his head and shoulder with a large two-litre bottle of fizzy drink. He got out and started to swing punches at the driver, who pushed him back. Marston fell over. Crockett
punched him from
behind and Marston pushed him over. The driver felt an injury to his head and blood started to pour from it. Crockett had hit him with
a bottle. They then left the scene. The cabbie’s injuries were stitched and glued. Crockett was later seen with blood on her clothes and shoes. The driver said he suffered physical exhaustion, shock and distress and blamed himself. He had lost trust in customers and had a constant feeling of vulnerability, particularly at Christmas and had to take several months off. Crockett had no previous con- victions. Marston had convictions for burglary and handling stolen goods in August 2018. Crockett was given a 10-month suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay £300 compensation to the cabbie. Marston was given a nine-month suspended sentence and told to pay £250 com- pensation. They were each given 200 hours’ unpaid work.
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