Falmouth man David Parsons jailed for attack on taxi driverA FALMOUTH man who attacked a taxi driver while he was driving through the town centre, has been jailed.
David Parsons, 55, of High Street, got into the back Henry Taylor’s taxi with a woman who got into the front passenger seat, on August 26, Truro magistrates heard on Wednesday.
Alison May, for the prosecution, said Mr Taylor asked for help with directions to their destination and explained that he had only been doing the job for a couple of weeks.
She said Parsons started swearing and then grabbed Mr Taylor with two hands from behind, digging his fingers into Mr Taylor’s eyes, who later told police that the scary thing about the attack was that he was driving on Killigrew Street at the time.
Ms May said Mr Taylor stopped the taxi and that Parsons then began to punch him, landing two or three blows before Mr Taylor was able to get away from him.
She said: “Mr Taylor describes he could see the female passenger nearby and she was able to give him some details.
“Mr Taylor says that he suffered no actual injuries but his face and eyes were sore.”
Parsons was identified in a police identification procedure.
He previously pleaded guilty to common assault in relation to the incident and the court heard he had previous convictions including battery, theft and for assaulting a police constable.
Deborah Von Kohler, for the defence, said Parsons had a problem with alcohol, which he had had for a number of years.
She said he had no memory of the incident but was apologetic.
She said: “It is the alcohol that is behind the offending”, and urged the magistrates to place Parsons on an alcohol treatment requirement.
Parsons was jailed for eight weeks and ordered to pay an £80 victim surcharge.
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