JUST DESERTS
13 MONTHS’ JAIL FOR SHEFFIELD ROAD RAGE THUG WHO BIT A CABBIE’S EARLOBE OFF
A father and son were involved in a road rage attack on two taxi drivers in Sheffield city centre which left one of their victims with a missing earlobe. According to The Star, Sheffield Crown Court heard that John Whittaker, 56 and his son Dominic Whittaker, 29, both from Sheffield, got involved in a dispute with two cabbies before they attacked them. Amy Earnshaw, prose- cuting, said the cabbies had parked up when the Whittakers’ vehicle sounded
its horn and as one of the cabbies told them to go away he was punched by both defendants. The other cabbie intervened before the defendants turned on him and Dominic Whittaker, who had a bottle, punched him and bit his earlobe leaving him with two lacerations to his scalp and bruising to his hand.
Judge Rachael Harrison said: “He has left that gentleman with a missing part of his earlobe for the rest of his life.” Dominic Whittaker pleaded guilty to inflicting GBH and John Whittaker admitted affray after the incident on 6 March 2020. both have previous con- victions. The Judge sentenced Dominic Whittaker to 13 months’ jail and John Whittaker to an 18-month community order with a Rehabilitation Activity Requirement and residence condition.
TWO YEARS’ JAIL FOR MAN WHO PULLED STOCKTON DRIVER FROM CAB PUNCHED HIM THEN STOLE HIS CAR
A passenger beat a PHV driver and stole his car before returning and attempting to mow him down, a court heard. TeessideLive reports that in the early hours of January 31, Kieran Dawes, 21, robbed a Boro Taxis driver of his car, money and phone. Teesside Crown Court heard the driver collected Dawes from his home in Stockton. Prosecutor Emma Atkinson said the defendant was speaking to a woman on the phone whilst inside the car claiming he did not have enough money to pay the fare. She said Dawes gave the driver an address and shortly before arriving asked him to pull over and got out of the vehicle. She said: “The driver lowered the window to speak to the defendant and at this point he grabbed him by the jacket, unfastened his seat belt and pulled him from the vehicle. He then punched him twice in the face, jumped into the car and drove off.” The court heard that Dawes came back later in his vehicle mounted the curb and appeared to try and run the PHV driver down. Dawes also be-came abusive and hit the victim before fleeing the scene. The car
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was recovered with £400 worth of damage.
In mitigation, the court heard the defendant had written to the vic- tim apologising. The defence also
claimed days prior to the robbery the Teessider attempted to take his own life and was in serious financial difficulties. It was also heard he could not explain his actions and appeared to suffer a mental breakdown.
He pleaded guilty at the earliest oppor- tunity. Judge Stead sentenced Dawes to two years imprisonment.
MAN WHO REPEATEDLY PUNCHED BOSTON CABBIE MUST PAY COMPENSATION
A man who punched a cabbie several times in the face has been ordered to pay compensation and carry out unpaid community work. According to Lincolnshire World, Nerijus Kavali- auskas, 27, from Boston, admitted assault by beating when he appeared at Boston Magistrates’ Court on 4 May. Prosecuting, Marie Stace said on April 9, the local cabbie had been asked to go to another taxi driver who was having trouble with a passenger in the town. When he got there, he found Kavaliauskas in the taxi shouting at the driver. When he asked him to get out,
Kavaliauskas got out and punched him several times in the face, leaving him bleeding from both nostrils. In mitigation, Michael Alexander said Kavaliauskas had no recollection of the incident at all, and had now decided never to drink again. Kavaliauskas was ordered to pay £500 compensation to the complainant and carry out 150 hours of unpaid work for the community. In addition, he was ordered to pay £100 for breaching a conditional discharge imposed in May last year and a total of £180 in court costs and charges.
JUNE 2022
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