Usual headbanger stuff, but a slightly different tale from the usual. But it was all the driver's fault, apparently, although it wasn't the driver who called the drunk's ex-wife a 'fat monster'
Unfortunately there are no pics of his ex-wife so we can judge whether he was justified in kicking off
Man got drunk and smashed up parent's home with kettle after someone called his ex "fat monster"
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/l ... ts-8279210
Lee Insley also headbutted a taxi driver who took him back to his Swadlincote home
A drunk man head-butted a taxi driver who tried to stop him fleeing from paying his fare. Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court heard how Lee Insley then smashed up part of his parent's Derbyshire home with a kettle after "going off on one" due to the booze.
The 49-year-old told the hearing he did so because someone "was slagging my ex-missus off calling her 'a fat monster'." Now he will have time to reflect on his inebriated actions after being put behind bars. Jailing the defendant for 12 weeks, District Judge Jonathan Taaffe said: "You have assaulted a taxi driver who was simply doing his duty, he tried to reason with you and you head-butted him."
Lynn Bickley, prosecuting said both incidents took place on Monday of this week, March 20. She said the cabbie was working in Ashby, over the border in Leicestershire, and at around 4pm he accepted a fare to take the defendant back to his Swadlincote home.
The prosecutor said: "The defendant asked to be dropped off at a store so he could take the money out to pay for the fare, which was £11, but when he got out of the taxi he started to walk away. The taxi driver got out and held him by the arm to prevent him from walking away and going any further and told the defendant he was going to call the police.
"The defendant said he had no money and then head-butted the driver to the right side of the head. He let go of the defendant fearing he was going to be assaulted further. A group of children on bikes (seeing what had happened) followed the defendant back to his address and told the taxi driver where he had gone. He knocked on the door and the defendant's mother answered."
Miss Bickley said the mother started to become upset and advised the cabbie to call the police. In a later statement, she said her son had been sleeping at their address in the living room and that his drunken behaviour was causing them stress and anxiety.
The prosecutor said: "She described the defendant as 'going off on one' inside the house, picking up a kettle and using it to smash a mirror and using it to hit the TV four or five times and that it no longer works.
"She says she is sick of his behaviour when he's drunk and that she does not want him to contact her or to return to her home. In his interview he made full admissions saying he was in drink at the time."
Insley, of Lincoln Way, Midway, pleaded guilty to common assault and criminal damage. Simon Dhillon, his solicitor, said his client had pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity and that the taxi driver "was quite forceful twisting his arm" when he tried to stop him walking away having failed to pay his fare.
As well as the jail sentence, Judge Taaffe ordered the defendant to pay the cabbie £100 compensation and to pay his parents £280 compensation for the damage he caused using the kettle.