Smoker jailed after Farningham Road railway push

[whole diary]

[Chris from Nailsea]

From the BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page):

A man who pushed a woman on to a live railway track after a row about him smoking has been jailed for four years.
Ionel Rapisca, 33, was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm by shoving Linda Buchanan off the platform at Farningham Road, Kent, in August 2008.
The court heard Ms Buchanan, 59, landed close to a 750-volt live rail, breaking her wrist.
Judge Charles Macdonald QC told Mr Rapisca, of Joyce Green Lane, Dartford, it was a case of "rail rage".
Rapisca was cleared of causing grievous bodily harm with intent but convicted of an alternative charge of causing grievous bodily harm after more than three hours of deliberation by the jury.

[Chris from Nailsea]

Update, from the BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page):

Man who pushed woman on to railway in Kent loses appeal

A jail term imposed on a man who pushed a woman on to a live railway track in Kent after a row about him smoking was "fully justified", a court has ruled.

Ionel Rapisca was convicted of causing grievous bodily harm after he shoved Linda Buchanan, 59, off the platform at Farningham Road station in August 2008.

She landed near a 750-volt rail and broke her wrist.

Rapisca's appeal against the four-year sentence was rejected by three judges at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday.