DRIVER TYRAN HANDS SENTENCED TO JAIL FOR ELDERLY ASSAULT AFTER ROAD RAGE INCIDENT
An aggressive driver fractured the eye socket and cheekbone of a pensioner who had honked his horn at him.Tyran Hands, 27, savagely attacked the 77-year-old man on Belle Vue Lane, Blidworth, after he criticised his driving.
The motorist had honked his horn at Hands seconds earlier and then overtook him following a near collision.
Hands then followed the pensioner until he pulled over on Belle Vue Lane.
Despite his own young child being in the car with him at the time, Hands then verbally abused the old man.
He then turned away and started walking back to his own vehicle, but was further angered when his elderly victim got out of his car to take a picture.
Hands then punched the vulnerable man straight in the face – knocking him over and causing his hearing aid to fly onto the floor.
The assault on May 14 2023 left the pensioner with multiple facial fractures, including to his eye socket and his cheekbone.
Hands was later charged with causing grievous bodily harm.
Having pleaded guilty to the charge, he appeared at Nottingham Crown Court for sentencing on Monday, February 26.
Hands, of Sotherby Drive, Cheltenham, was subsequently jailed for one year and eight months.
Detective Constable Chloe Baugh, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “The level of violence and aggression demonstrated by Hands that day was deplorable and completely over the top.
“His actions provided a horrible example of how quickly a road rage incident can escalate and how much damage it could feasibly cause.
In this instance, Hands appeared to completely lose control when the victim criticised his standard of driving.
“Despite his own child being in the car with him at the time, he then proceeded to follow his victim, pull over, and ultimately punch him in the face.
Hands’ behaviour during this incident was absolutely disgraceful and left an elderly man in hospital with multiple fractures to his face.”
