Taxi driver made an ‘ I will slit your throat’ gesture to another cabbie after feud came to a headA FEUD between two taxi drivers turned nasty when one of them made a gesture that he would slit the other man's throat before hurling abuse at him and throwing punches, Grimsby magistrates heard.
Warren Wright, 42, of Macaulay Street, Grimsby, admitted using threatening or abusive words or behaviour on May 1.
Rebecca Dolby, prosecuting, said taxi driver Dariush Parniyan was sitting in his vehicle when Wright, who had a dog with him, approached him and made a "slitting his throat" gesture.
He returned with a chain around his hand and began shouting and punching out at the window, the court heard.
He continued shouting and swearing and making gestures, leaving Mr Parniyan "petrified" and afraid that he would be assaulted.
Wright kicked out at the window, the court was told.
He later claimed that Mr Parniyan started swearing at him and that it was the other taxi driver who made the throat-slitting gesture to him.
He claimed that this made him angry so he punched the window. He claimed that Mr Parniyan was shouting and swearing at him so he returned to the vehicle.
Wright told the court: "I reacted stupidly over something that was said to me. I should have walked away."
He added that there had been a long-running background of bad feeling between them.
Wright was given a one-year conditional discharge and was ordered to pay £85 costs and a Government-imposed £15 victims' surcharge.
Read more:
http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Taxi- ... z3FOmQMY4A
Login
Register
FAQ
