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Erdington neighbours' fence damage dispute lead to pole attack



Angry neighbour Mohammed Arif


A TAXI driver left his neighbour needing 17 stitches after battering him over the head with a wooden pole in the garden of his Birmingham home.

Mohammed Arif, 38, attacked Robert Martin during a long-running dispute over damage to a fence.

The cabbie was arrested after launching into his victim at his home in Bracebridge Road, Erdington, last October.

Arif has now been handed a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, after admitting unlawful wounding.

He was also given a restraining order banning him from contacting Mr Martin and his family.

His victim spoke of his ordeal after the sentencing at Birmingham Crown Court.

“I had a four-inch open wound and needed 17 metal staples,” Mr Martin said. “I also lost a lot of blood.

‘‘I now get panicky and stressed and suffer from anxiety.

‘‘We just want to move positively forward and live a normal life. We have been through a stressful and troublesome episode in our lives.”

The court heard how Arif and Mr Martin had been neighbours for seven years, and there had previously been problems over dogs and damage to a fence, with complaints lodged with police on both sides.

Madhu Rai, prosecuting, said the victim had gone into his garden on October 27 last year to inspect a temporary fence panel he had erected between the two addresses.

She said: “He saw that it had been damaged and had suspicions that the neighbour’s dog had caused the damage.”

Mr Martin called Arif out of his home and the two then argued about the damage.

The row culminated in Arif, who had been shouting and swearing, attacking his neighbour with a stick, causing a wound to his head, which had to be treated in hospital.

Sunit Sandhu, defending, said “It was a loss of control on the day and out of character.”

He said that Arif, who had a large family, intended to leave the address and regarded what he did as an “act of stupidity”.

Arif was also ordered to do 150 hours’ unpaid work and pay £150 compensation.

Judge Paul Cullum said he accepted he had not intended to cause the degree of harm that he did and that his conviction meant he would lose his job. He said: “Overall, this was an unpleasant incident when you lost your temper. You delivered one blow with a weapon.”


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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

He doesn't drive an ice cream van in Blackburn does he?

Of Course not, Wooden Pole cracked hard over a Skin covered human Skull...obviously no harm intended..

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

maybe now he does

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

FFS



he went onto the victims property and had armed himself, 1 blow can kill

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most