Overview
- Liverpool Crown Court sentenced Bryan Southern, 55, to 30 months in prison and disqualified him from driving for three years and three months.
- He pleaded guilty to attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm with intent and to dangerous driving.
- CCTV showed Southern twice drove at Andrew Sanders in a Kirkby Taco Bell car park, with the car stopping only after hitting a lamppost and Sanders suffering leg abrasions.
- Prosecutors said the clash began as a roughly even fight and that Sanders produced a hammer as the men’s sons attempted to smash wing mirrors.
- After leaving the scene, Southern failed to stop for police, reached about 50mph in a 30mph zone, and ran two red lights, as the judge said he used the car as a weapon and noted provocation and remorse.