A angry driver has been fined after he spat on a fellow motorist during an episode of road rage on a busy road.
Taylor Thompson and the victim each claimed the other had been driving erratically in their vehicles as they travelled in the same direction on the Coast Road, heading towards North Shields. But, when the pair came to a stop at traffic lights, Thompson got out his van and spat through the open window of the male victim, hitting him on the cheek and on his sunglasses, a court heard.
The disgusting outburst has now hit the 25-year-old in the pocket after he appeared at North Tyneside Magistrates' Court to plead guilty to common assault and was fined £666 and ordered to pay £100 compensation. The expectant dad, of Audley Road, in Birmingham, must also cough up £85 in prosecution costs.
