Yahoo News Man jailed for seven years after savage forecourt machete attack
A violent thug who attacked a man with a baseball bat and machete on a petrol station forecourt has been jailed for more than seven years.
Mohammed Waqas, 27, was part of a gang of yobs who chased the 31-year-old victim after they first tried to mow him down in the street in a red Audi A3.
The man managed to escape by jumping into a passing Vauxhall Corsa before Waqas and his accomplices followed the vehicle on May 23 last year.
When the car pulled on to a Morrisons and Texaco Filling Station forecourt in Tipton, West Midlands, the thugs attacked the car with baseball bats and smashed its windows.
The victim suffered a knife wound to the leg as well as head injuries and was taken to hospital where he required surgery to serious but non-life threatening injuries.
Waqas, of Saltley, Birmingham, was identified following a police CCTV appeal to trace the occupants of the Audi.
CCTV images showed the balaclava-wearing gang wielding machetes, baseball bats and a cosh during the brutal attack.
Waqas previously pleaded guilty to to causing grievous bodily harm with intent, breaching an anti-social behaviour order and driving without a licence or insurance
He was jailed for for seven years and 10 months at Wolverhampton Crown Court last Wednesday.
