Grand Prix driver sprays CS gas in taxi drivers face

Title

Grand Prix driver sprays CS gas in taxi drivers face

Genre

Interview

TX Date

16 Aug 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:02:27

Description

Cabbie Eric Court recounts the incident where Bertrand Gachot sprayed CS gas in his face, after a row over a traffic accident at Hyde Park Corner. French Grand Prix driver Gachot was given 18 months in prison at Southwark Crown Court for the incident. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Eric Court

Keywords

London; Taxi drivers; Imprisonment; Assault; Sentencing; Racing drivers; Asphyxiating and poisonous gases; Bertrand Gachot

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