Second man convicted over Wolverhampton traffic warden attack
A second man has been convicted over a brutal attack on a Black Country traffic warden.
Maneeb Shah, aged 20, of Lancelot Close, Alum Rock, pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates' Court on Wednesday to assault by beating.
He was part of a gang of four men who were filmed attacking 21-year-old Wolverhampton warden Charlie Weston while he was on the phone to a colleague on September 14 2018.
Shah was filmed kicking Mr Weston in the back twice while he lay on the ground in shocking viral footage.
WATCH: Shocking footage captures the attack
He has been given an 18-month community order and 150 hours of unpaid work and ordered to pay £250 compensation.
This comes after another of the gang, Danyal Bashir, was convicted in November last year.
The 19-year-old of Hartopp Road, Alum Rock, pleaded guilty to assault by actual bodily harm and was sentenced to nine months in jail at Birmingham Crown Court.
In the attack, the yobs could be seen repeatedly stamping on the warden’s head after he was dragged from his moped in the Alum Rock area of Birmingham.
The mob wrongly accused Mr Weston of harassing a motorist whose parked car had been obstructing the road.
At the time of Bashir’s conviction, Birmingham Crown Court heard that the 20-year-old attempted to rip off Mr Weston’s motorcycle helmet as he was dragged off the bike.
The moped was stolen in the attack but was later found a few streets away in a scrapyard.
The court heard that the attack began after an incident with a woman who had parked her car badly.
The warden agreed not to give her a ticket if she moved her car
A gang then set on Mr Weston, pushing him and threatening to run him over.
He was then surrounded before being knocked off his bike.
Mr Weston said he ‘felt lucky to be alive’ after the incident.
Police were able to identify the attackers and defendant after internet footage of the incident went viral, the footage was filmed by horrified onlookers who witnessed the assault.
Mr Weston was left with discomfort in his lips and teeth after the attack and needed painkillers for a headache and admitted that he now wears sunglasses while he works so that people don’t recognise him.
