Man brutally assaults girl watering crops in her yard — as a result of she didn’t say ‘good morning’ to him | EUROtoday

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A Massachusetts man was discovered responsible of assaulting a lady – as a result of she didn’t say “good morning” to him.

Ian Atkinson, 34, was convicted by a decide Monday of assault and battery and assault with a harmful weapon, one yr after attempting to hit a 59-year-old girl along with his automotive, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden introduced.

On the morning of July 13, 2023, a lady in Dorchester was watering her crops when Atkinson walked by and stated to her: “When people say good morning to you, you should say hi you crazy b****.”

The girl, who was not named within the launch, then started filming Atkinson on her cellphone. He bought out of the black Mercedes he had entered and “repeatedly punched” the lady within the face earlier than throwing her in opposition to the fence.

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She bit him, prompting him to cease assailing her.

“After the attack Atkinson drove the Mercedes toward the victim, almost striking her,” the DA stated.

Police then arrived on the scene round 9am, discovering the lady “bleeding profusely” from her nostril. She was taken to an area hospital, the place she was informed she was affected by a damaged nostril, contusions to her head and face, and a damaged blood vessel in her left eye.

Both her cellphone video and surveillance footage captured the assault, the DA stated. Atkinson was sporting a GPS monitoring gadget on the time of the assault and was arrested a number of days later.

His bench trial spanned simply three days. On Monday, the decide discovered Atkinson responsible and sentenced him to 2 years in state jail adopted by two years of probation.

“For this victim, a pleasant summer morning descended into a violent and cruel ordeal for the most inexplicable of reasons. But, even as she was being attacked, she had the presence of mind to record video, and that decision, along with her brave testimony, provided enough evidence for the judge to make his decision,” Hayden stated. “I join all the members of the community in thanking this survivor for her courage.”