Passenger who killed taxi driver in a fight over £5.80 fare jailed for ten years

Anakh Singh, 59, who had an existing cardiac condition, died after being brutally assaulted next to his taxi in Nine Elms Lane, Park Village, in Wolverhampton, in broad daylight on October 30 last year, over a £5.80 fare.

Sentencing his killer, Tomasz Margol, for manslaughter, Judge Michael Chambers KC said the attack on the family man and ABC Cars driver was captured on CCTV.

The judge said Mr Singh had taken a "dog guard" gate from the vehicle to hit Margol, 36, in self- defence.

Margol punched and headbutted the father-of three after a mix up over the payment of the fare which unknown to the driver had already been paid by card by the defendant's friend who lived near the scene.