A motorist from Edgbaston caused £21,000 worth of damage after ramming into an accident firm's office after they asked him to return the car.
Mandip Dhillon, 29 drove the hired SEAT Altea into One Call Management into the office before getting out and throwing the keys at them, stating, 'Here's your f****** cay keys back.' One Call had been contacting Dhillon as the car was due to be returned to them two days prior to the attack. It wasn't just the office that saw the brunt of Dhillon's anger, as he also rammed the SEAT into the Bentley that belongs to the head of the company.
One of the workers for One Call Management, Parminder Panesar was also injured in the incident as the SEAT reversed into his desk, causing it to collide with him. Mr Panesar suffered injuries to his stomach and legs and has also had trouble sleeping since the crash. Dhillon, a boss of a takeaway business handed himself in but claimed the matter was an 'accident'. Yeah. Right. This did not wash, especially as he has previous convictions involving violence.
Dhillon has been jailed for 18 months for assault and criminal damage as well having to pay £500 compensation and has been banned from the road for 18 months. On sentencing Mr Dhillon, Recorder Russell Gumpert QC said: "On March 26 last year, apparently because you felt angry and offended that a car, which had been lent to you following a road traffic accident, had been required to be returned to the accident management company, you drove that vehicle through the glass frontage.
"That caused significant damage. Mr Panesar, who was sitting just inside the glass frontage believed for a moment that he was going to die. You used your car as a weapon."