Teenager sentenced for attacking man with baseball bat after pursuit
"This was a serious incident that happened in the middle of the day in Bristol and the CCTV footage shows the victim was fortunate not to be hurt"
Last updated 5th Sep 2023
A teenager has been sentenced after he attacked a man with a baseball bat.
19 year old Chaz Morgan was involved in a two-car pursuit in Bristol back last June - and was arrested a week later.
The pursuit then culminated in a collision and physical confrontation, according to Avon and Somerset Police.
It started in Knowle on Friday 24 June 2022, when the window of a white Ford Fiesta was smashed.
That then led to a a pursuit where the vehicle was followed by a silver Volkswagen Golf.
This then continued along Marksbury Road, Wells Road and ended at the Bedminster Bridge roundabout, where the Fiesta, heading in the wrong direction, collided into a traffic light.
Footage recovered during the police's investigation showed the Fiesta driver fleeing the vehicle, chased by two passengers from the Golf, one of which was Morgan, who had a baseball bat in his possession.
The second man, who had his face covered, was seen to be carrying a bladed weapon.
The driver managed to get into a stationary vehicle, but was attacked by the two men pursuing him. Fortunately he did not sustain an injury, other than some marks to his body.
Morgan, of Shortwood Road in Hartcliffe, was arrested a week later.
He admitted charges of affray and possession of an offensive weapon and at Bristol Crown Court on Friday (September 1), he was sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for 18 months, and a 25-day rehabilitation order.
PC Andrew Smetham, officer in the case, said: "This was a serious incident that happened in the middle of the day in Bristol and the CCTV footage shows the victim was fortunate not to be hurt.
"There can be no excuse for the violence Chaz Morgan showed on this day and it is right he has been brought before the courts.
"We are grateful to the witnesses who called police on the day and also assisted us with our subsequent enquiries."
Although a second person was arrested in connection with the incident, he was not charged because of insufficient evidence.