Road-rage thug broke driver's jaw in front of young son

A Coventry man launched a vicious road-rage attack on another driver, smashing his jaw in front of his 13-year-old son, because he had refused to let him into a queue of traffic



Mohammed Errabou denied inflicting grievous bodily harm on his victim, claiming he was not the attacker – but a jury at Warwick Crown Court took less than an hour to find him guilty.

Errabou (22) of Burrows Close, Coventry, who the judge said had shown no remorse, was jailed for three years.

Prosecutor Edward Hollingsworth said: “This case concerns a road-rage assault. The question’s going to be whether it was Mr Errabou or some other person who caused the injury.”

He explained to the jury that on October 2017 Justin Killarney had picked up his 13-year-old son from school, and their route home took them along Corporation Street in Nuneaton.

There was heavy traffic, and cars were having to filter together to get through the congestion – and the driver of a silver Ford Focus, tried to pull in front of Mr Killarney’s red Fiesta.

“He wanted Mr Killarney to give way, and Mr Killarney didn’t want to give way, and something of a stand-off took place, and the Focus ended up behind the Fiesta.

“Rude gestures were exchanged between the two vehicles, gestures from the Focus, and Mr Killarney reciprocating in kind.

“If things had stopped there, we wouldn’t be here.

“But the driver of the Focus, who we say was Mr Errabou, stopped and got out and went over to Mr Killarney’s vehicle, to the driver’s door.

“He either hit or kicked the door with such force that it caused a dent and the window smashed.

“The driver of the Focus then punched Mr Killarney hard to the face through the broken window, certainly once and possibly twice, and Mr Killarney had a memory of seeing something in his hand consistent with being a knuckleduster.”

Errabou then returned to his own car and left, and Mr Killarney went to hospital where his jaw was found to have been broken in two places.

He had to undergo an operation under general anaesthetic, and still has two metal plates in his jaw.

Errabou denied being responsible, and in court he claimed he had only bought the car a couple of days before his arrest from someone he said buys and sells cars in Foleshill Road.

But the jury took just 55 minutes to reject that and find him guilty of the attack.