Taxi Marshal assaulted by London Irish player.

Rugby player in court over Bath taxi attack



Monday, April 20, 2009, 16:21

A "gentle giant" professional rugby player headbutted a taxi marshal in
Bath before punching him nine times following a row over his cab fare,
a court heard. London Irish prop Richard Skuse, who once played for
Bristol, fell out with a taxi driver then headbutted the marshal on the
nose before raining blows at his head and body.

The 18st 2lb 28-year-old, of Feltham, Middlesex, had been on a
night out in Bristol when he left to help retrieve his brother's
girlfriend's handbag from a taxi in Bath. However the Skuse lost
his temper with taxi staff and left victim Colin Terry with
a cut to the bridge of his nose, a swollen lip, grazes and painful cuts
to his hands. The player was quickly arrested and later pleaded guilty
to a single charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.