A taxi customer who tore down a Covid screen and assaulted the driver after being asked to stop smoking has been jailed for four months.
Belfast Magistrates Court also heard 41-year-old Robin Fuller produced a screwdriver and tried to punch the victim taking him to pick up gardening supplies.
Fuller pleaded guilty to common assault, two counts of possessing an offensive weapon in public, criminal damage and making off without payment.
Prosecutors said the defendant became violent after being picked up at his accommodation on the Springfield Road, west Belfast on October 16 last year.
During a trip to B&Q in Newtownabbey he ignored repeated requests to stop smoking in the back of the taxi, the court was told.
Belfast taxi customer who tore down Covid screen and assaulted driver jailed
Defence claims accused had a panic attack
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