Ipswich teenager sentenced after leaving taxi driver with fractured skull
Jack Powell will spend 50 months in a young offender institution
An Ipswich man will spend more than 4 years in a young offenders institution, after attacking a taxi driver and leaving him with a fractured skull.
19 year old Jack Powell, of Lattice Avenue, admitted to robbery and causing grievous bodily harm after the assault on Tower Mill Road on November 7 last year,
Members of the public reported seeing Powell drag a man out of a car in the early hours of the morning. He ran off after he was seen.
The victim, in his 40s, suffered serious injuries to his head and face and had to spend almost a month in Addenbrooke's Hopsital.
Powell was arrested close to the scene on Wallace Road and was found to have cash stolen from the victim. He pleaded guilty to charges at Ipswich Crown Court.
He'll now spend 50 months in dentention.
Detective Constable Damian Richer, of Suffolk Police, said:
“This was a truly shocking display of violence and but for the intervention of a member of the public, the outcome could have been even worse than it already was.
“Having seen the injury photos from the evening and then meeting the victim in hospital three weeks later, I was amazed at the progress he had made, which was a testament to both his sheer determination to pull through for his wife and children and as a result of the excellent medical care he received.
“The victim has spoken of the far-reaching consequences of this attack - the impact on his family and of the fact he is unlikely to ever return to his old job.
"His injuries were so severe, that when he finally returned home after a month in hospital his children did not recognise him. Unsurprisingly he has been left traumatised by the attack and suffers with flashbacks."