Viral road rage driver convicted after screaming foul-mouthed tirade at woman
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Peter Abbott got out of his car and approached terrified Samantha Isaacs’s vehicle on August 25 last year following the minor incident outside a Tesco petrol station in Bournemouth, Dorset, just before lunchtime. The Good Samaritan told him, “What is wrong with you, it’s a woman on her own,” to which Abbott replied, “She’s a f**king bloody annoying woman.” The footage was shown at Poole Magistrates’ Court in Dorset where Abbott went on trial for using threatening words or behaviour to cause alarm, distress or fear of violence. open image in gallery Poole Magistrates’ Court “He was banging with both his fists on the windscreen and my door,” she told the court, “I was frightened so I started videoing it. I regret my behaviour but there’s a number of statements I contest.” Judge Orla Austin said she found Mrs Isaacs an “entirely credible witness” and found Abbott guilty.
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