A TAXI driver from Caol claimed he grabbed a man by the neck and pushed him against a wall in self-defence because ‘it only takes two seconds to stick the head in someone’.
In Fort William Justice of the Peace court on March 22, Robert Lawrie claimed he was assaulted by part-time taxi driver Jason Dieguno on March 12 2016, the day after Mr Lawrie buried his mother.
Mr Lawrie said he had gone to Ladbrokes on Kilmallie Road to place a bet. He saw Mr Dieguno and asked the cabbie why he had thrown his two sons out of his taxi the previous night. Mr Lawrie said without saying a word, Mr Dieguno got off his stool, grabbed him by the neck and slammed him against a wall, causing Mr Lawrie to hit his back off a shelf.