No jail for butt
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w A truck driver who broke the nose of his transport manager outside a public inquiry earlier this year has avoided being sent to prison after the company said it wanted to keep him on. When Derek Perry of Ely, Cardiff, appeared at Cardiff Crown Court he admitted causing actual bodily harm to Ian Yiddish, transport manager of Cyril Knowles, outside the hearing in Cardiff Magistrates Court in May.
Prosecuting, Ray Lewis said: "Mr Wildish was speaking to the company's solicitor when Perry seized his jacket, turned him around and butted him. His nose started bleeding."
After his arrest. Perry had told police that he had tripped and collided with Wildish, but in court he admitted the offence and said he was thoroughly ashamed of what he had done. He did not give a reason for the assault, but the court heard how he resigned after his arrest. Gareth Shepherd, defending, said: "He let his emotions run away with his goad sense."
Sentencing Perry to 75 hours community service, Judge Piazreen Pearce said that it was clear that the company thought highly of him, concluding: "There is probably more behind the incident than I have heard."