A passenger being driven in a pre-paid taxi assaulted the driver after accusing him of driving the long way on purpose, court heard. And when police investigated he assaulted two officers - threatening to put one in a garden next to a giant inflatable Santa.
Ekbal Saggo, 41, of Kelvin Way in West Bromwich, pleaded guilty to assault and two charges of assaulting an emergency worker in December last year. He appeared at Bristol Crown Court for sentence yesterday (Monday, March 21).
The recorder Mr Robin Sellers handed him a three-month jail term suspended for 15 months, with 150 hours' unpaid work. He told Saggo: "There is absolutely no excuse for the behaviour you exhibited that night. Go and don't come back." Saggo declined to comment as he left court.
