A 27-year-old man has been sentenced after a drunken, unprovoked assault on a taxi driver in Peterborough.
Mathew Warner punched the cabbie in the face after being driven home to Sprignall, Bretton, in the early hours of Sunday, January 26.
The victim had picked up Warner in Bourne, Lincolnshire, after police instructed him to leave the area due to his intoxication.
Following the assault, the driver contacted police, leading to Warner's arrest.
Warner admitted to assault by beating at Huntingdon Magistrates’ Court on Monday, January 27.
He received a six-week prison sentence, suspended for one year, and was ordered to pay £200 compensation to the taxi driver.
PC Harvey, the investigating officer, condemned the attack: “The unprovoked assault the victim endured was awful. No one should be subjected to violence while trying to do their job.
"I would like to thank the victim for contacting us as soon as he could.”
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