{"id":482605,"date":"2025-10-08T09:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T09:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/482605\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T09:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T09:37:10","slug":"man-grabbed-and-punched-minibus-driver-in-m8-road-rage-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/482605\/","title":{"rendered":"Man grabbed and punched minibus driver in M8 road rage attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A man who scarred a minibus driver for life in a road rage attack has been tagged for eight months.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kieran Prentice, 36, punched his victim on the M8 motorway at Glasgow\u2019s Provan on January 27, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that the bus driver was transporting elderly people as part of his job.<\/p>\n<p>Prentice \u2013 who was driving behind the minibus \u2013 sounded his horn at him.<\/p>\n<p>The bus driver then gestured to Prentice to continue moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutor Caitlin McAllister said: \u201cThe traffic was heavy but the cars had come to a stop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrentice approached the driver\u2019s door and attempted to pull [the driver] from his seat but was unable to due to him wearing a seatbelt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrentice then punched [the driver] on the face before he walked away to his own car and drove off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bus driver finished his shift at Community Transport Glasgow and dropped off his passengers.<\/p>\n<p>He then went to hospital where he was found to have suffered two wounds to his eye.<\/p>\n<p>Ms McAllister added: \u201cThese were closed with three stitches and tissue glue but [the driver] has been left permanent scarred under his eye.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prentice, of the city\u2019s Germiston, was not arrested until one week later.<\/p>\n<p>He pled guilty to the assault to the bus driver\u2019s injury and permanent disfigurement.<\/p>\n<p>Sheriff Lorraine Glancy KC put Prentice on a restricted movement order for eight months which will run between 8pm and 7am for every day except Wednesday when he will be kept indoors between 9pm and 7am.<\/p>\n<p>Prentice was also put under supervision for a period of 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758059248_2_whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man who scarred a minibus driver for life in a road rage attack has been tagged for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-482605","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115337877572880144","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}