Ah. Here he is:
Andy, who is in his 50s, was attacked after going to the aid of a young female shopworker who was challenging Hoey outside Iceland in Poole Road, Westbourne, on August 7.
Not only is he in his 50s, he's disabled.
Andy, who is still awaiting test results for Hepatitis C, told the Daily Echo: “This guy suspect started pushing the woman so I intervened.
“I had hold of him, I was trying to restrain him. All I came in for was to buy some lemons, now I’ve got this guy swearing and spitting at me.
“He said ‘******* let go of me you old ****’. If he hadn’t called me old, I’d have probably let him go, but I thought ‘you definitely aren’t getting let go now’.
/applause
After Hoey fled the scene on foot, Andy - who suffered a stroke eight years ago - decided to get into his mobility car and search for him.
“It had been 20 minutes and no police had turned up,” he said.
Who's surprised? Not me.
More than two hours later, while sitting in the Westbourne pub with pals, Andy spotted Hoey crossing the road.
“I said to my mate, ‘ I cannot believe it, that’s him’, ‘I’m going to hit him as hard as I can, the police aren’t coming.’
My mate told me to give the police another ring. The operator said she knew about the earlier assault. I told her that unless police got here quicker than the 20 minutes it took them to not turn up earlier, I was going to hit him. The police arrived within two minutes and arrested the guy.’
The only surprising thing is they didn't nick him for making the threat!
Andy, who attended Hoey’s sentencing, now says 12 months is just not long enough.
“This guy has a string of convictions, he is dangerous and I’m sure he will seriously hurt someone, it is just a matter of time,” he said.
“I’m annoyed about the way the whole thing was handled. If I hadn’t been in court the judge wouldn’t even have known about the tests I’ve been waiting for. If a guy who knows he has Hepatitis bites you, then he is using a weapon.”
Andy for Crime Commissioner!
And the perp looks like such an inoffensive guy too
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I actually live in Westbourne, It's a reasonably smart, busy but small district - mostly oldies live there.
ReplyDeleteIt's a testament to the utter chavness of this moron that this incident kicked off in Iceland when there is a M&S just around the corner. Not only would idiot-boy have had less confrontation from the elderly staff in M&S, but he would have nicked far nicer grub than he budget stuff in Iceland...
You see you can't even get the chav morons any more...
"And the perp looks like such an inoffensive guy too"
ReplyDeleteHe looks like something Dr Moreau would consider a failure.
"Not only would idiot-boy have had less confrontation from the elderly staff in M&S, but he would have nicked far nicer grub than he budget stuff in Iceland..."
Hey, don't knock Iceland! If you go for the premium range, you can fill your freezer with lobster & scallops. I did ;)