A 35 YEARS OLD TV ENGINEER WHO DROVE HIS CAR INTO

A 35 YEARS OLD TV ENGINEER WHO DROVE HIS CAR INTO A FRIEND
AFTER AN ARGUMENT OVER A GIRL, WAS JAILED FOR NINE MONTHS AT THE
OLD BAILEY ON THURSDAY.

YUSSUF SHAH SENT ANTHONY CHUNG FLYING INTO A WALL WHEN HE
STRUCK HIM ON THE LEGS, THE COURT HEARD.

BUT LUCKILY 30 YEAR OLD

MR CHUNG WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED.

JAILING SHAH, OF WESTMINSTER AVENUE, THORNTON HEATH, THE
JUDGE, MR RECORDER SHERRARD, QC, TOLD HIM: ‘IT’S BAD ENOUGH WHEN,
AS A RESULT OF WRECKLESS OR BAD DRIVING, SOMEBODY IS ENDANGERED.

‘BUT YOUR CASE IS A CASE OF THE CONSCIOUS USE OF YOUR VEHILCE AS

A WEAPON OF VIOLENCE AND YOU MUST KNOW THAT THAT CONDUCT MUST BE

REGARDED AS INTOLERABLE.

‘
THE COURT HEARD SHAH HAD GONE FOR A DRINK WITH MR CHUNG IN
THORNTON HEATH, BUT AN ARGUMENT BROKE OUT WHEN CHUNG REFUSED TO
LEAVE SHAH ALONE WITH A GIRL HE HAD JUST MET.

‘SHAH WENT TO HIS CAR AND BROUGHT OUT A BASEBALL BAT TELLING
MR CHUNG: ‘TOMORROW YOU’RE DEAD’,’ SAID PROSECUTOR MR RICHARD
GUY.

SHAH THEN JUMPED INTO HIS CAR AND DROVE STRAIGHT AT CHUNG.

‘HE SWIFTLY DID A U-TURN AND HIT CHUNG IN THE LEG,’ COUNSEL
CONTINUED.

‘CHUNG WAS TOSSED IN THE AIR BY THE CAR AND INTO A
WALL.

‘
SHAH TRIED TO FLEE BUT WAS JUMPED ON BY TWO PASSERS-BY.

POLICE ARRIVED AND ARRESTED SHAH AND MR CHUNG, A DRIVER OF
BROOK ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS
TREATED FOR CUTS AND BRUISES.

SHAH TOLD POLICE HE HAD NOT INTENDED TO INJURE HIS FRIEND
AND WAS SAID TO REGRET THE INCIDENT.

HE ADMITTED RECKLESS DRIVING, ASSAULTING CHUNG CAUSING HIM
ACTUAL BODILY HARM, AND HAVING A BASEBALL BAT AS AN OFFENSIVE
WEAPON ON JUNE 15 THIS YEAR.

ENDS