A cyclist was attacked with a crutch by an aggressive car passenger who took objection to how he rode past.
The victim was riding his bike in Heaton, Newcastle, and past a car as John Walker got out. A court heard Walker took the view he had been slighted and chased after the cyclist and confronted him outside a shop.
He then took several swings at him with one of his crutches in front of shocked onlookers, including a young child. Walker, 53, of Beamish Close, Walker, Newcastle, was found guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and has now been given a community order.
