Good Samaritans rammed off road by driver
Two good Samaritans who came to the aid of a woman being assaulted on a roadside were then chased at high speed by her attacker, who forced their car off the road and into a tree.
Both men suffered injuries in the crash, which happened in St Paul's Road, Smethwick, just after 1:40am on January 18.
Wolverhampton Crown Court heard that the pair had seen Marcin Moson, aged 32, punching a female who was up against a fence.
Pulling over to help her, she got into their car and as they drove away Moson gave chase 'at high speed'.
Mr Neil Ahuja, prosecuting, said: "The man slowed to negotiate a left turn at a roundabout at which he felt a massive bang...as Moson ran into the back of the car."
This caused the car to spin out of control, mount the pavement, and clip a tree, where it came to rest, he said.
Moson's car also crashed, taking out a lamp post.
The driver of the first car blacked out and was in shock, and received injuries to his back and leg.
The second man had severe pain in his back, and had to lay on the ground at the scene before he was taken to hospital by ambulance. He also suffered bruising down his spine, pain in his hip, and bruising and swelling to his knee, shoulder, and neck.
Mr Ahuja said Moson appeared 'drunk and stumbling', and had blood on his face.
Both cars were severely damaged, and bottle of vodka was found in Moson's car.
Moson, from Thompson Road, Oldbury, had pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and actual bodily harm at a plea and case management hearing in May.
Mr Anthony Bell, mitigating, said the question was whether Moson used the car as a weapon.
He said: "The purpose of his driving appeared to be stopping the vehicle, rather than causing injuries.
"He had had a good degree of alcohol on the night in question which led to these events. He is extremely remorseful and ashamed of what he did that night.
Mr Bell said since Moson has been in this country he has led a largely law-abiding and industrious life.
During sentencing Recorder Peter Ievins said: "You were drunk and beating up a young woman. For some reason she doesn't want to make a complaint about that, so I do not sentence you for that.
"It was after 1am and when two young men in a car driving by saw what was happening they stopped and went to the lady's aid. She must have been frightened and sought refuge in their car. You dragged her out and she got back in again and they drove off.
"The two young men were trying to protect the young lady from you and get help for her.
"You were very drunk and afterwards you were sick and became comatose.
"You can't have been thinking straight and you drove off right behind them, and you rammed them deliberately causing injuries to their back and elsewhere on their bodies.
"In the absence of medical evidence I have to accept that in legal terms those injuries were 'lesser', but your culpability is higher because you used your car as a weapon.
"Although there is no record of you doing anything like this before you are not a man of good character."
He said Moson was 'no stranger to the Polish prison system', with convictions for burglary, theft and fraud.
Mr Ievins sentenced Moson to 12 months' prison, and disqualified him from driving for two years.
