Chevrolet driver beaten up in Black Country New Road rage attack
A driver who beat up another motorist in a road rage attack has been jailed for three months.
Violence flared after a three-car crash involving Martin Pearce on the Black Country New Road in West Bromwich, Wolverhampton Crown Court heard.
The 27-year-old allegedly caused the pile up by slowing unexpectedly but drove off without stopping despite his Corsa being damaged, said Mr Lee Egan, prosecuting.
The drivers of the other cars involved - a Fiesta and a Chevrolet - gave chase and Pearce finally came to a standstill in nearby Great Bridge Road around 6pm on June 29 last year.
Mr Jonathan James - the Chevrolet driver - asked for the insurance details of the defendant who it later transpired was uninsured and had no driving licence.
When Pearce refused to co-operate Mr James said he was going to take a photograph of the Corsa - and was punched on the jaw without warning, the court heard.
Mr Egan continued: "The blow knocked off the glasses of Mr James who picked them up, tried to put them back on, and was punched again by the defendant."
David Smith, the driver of the Fiesta, told Pearce to 'leave it' and the defendant got into the Corsa and drove off after the registration number of the car he owned had been noted.
Mr James said the attack left him in 'excruciating pain' and later told police: "I was completely taken aback by what happened. It shook me up because it was completely unprovoked. I had merely asked for his details to pass on to my insurance company."
Miss Saleema Mahmood, defending, said that father-of one-Pearce had mental health issues originally been attributed to his use of illegal drugs.
The lawyer added: "He suffers from depression and anxiety and struggles to explain his actions on the day in question."
Pearce from Prince Charles Road, Bilston admitted assault, failing to stop after an accident and having neither insurance nor a driving licence and was sent to prison.
Recorder Geoffrey Kelly told him: "For some reason you completely lost your temper, assaulted Mr James. Then having hit him once, you hit him again. This was road rage."
