Man assaulted taxi driver
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A man who punched a taxi driver in the face has been sentenced.
Mathew Warner, 27, assaulted the man after he had pulled up outside his home in Sprignall, Bretton, Peterborough, in the early hours of Sunday morning (26 January).
The victim had picked up Warner from Bourne, in Lincolnshire, after police had told him to leave the area as he was drunk.
He was arrested after the victim called police following the assault.
Warner admitted assault by beating at Huntingdon Magistrates’ Court on Monday (27 January), and was sentenced to six weeks in prison, suspended for a year.
He was also ordered to pay £200 in compensation to the taxi driver.
PC Harvey, who investigated, said: “The unprovoked assault the victim endured was awful.
“No one should be subjected to violence while trying to do their job, and I would like to thank the victim for contacting us as soon as he could.”