Dawlish News

A man who threatened to shoot a bus driver with a fake gun has been jailed after breaking his suspended sentence.

Mark Ellis, 37, from Henty Avenue, in Dawlish, in Devon, told passengers "maybe I should shoot the driver", Exeter Crown Court heard.

The threat followed a dispute with the driver onboard the bus in the resort.

Previously, Ellis admitted affray and received a suspended sentence which has been activated after he failed to comply with another order.

Ellis was jailed for 12 months by Judge Francis Gilbert.

See more...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-22109782

12 months for threatening to shoot a bus driver, thats a bit unfair, every ordinary driver on the road has in their thoughts threatened a bus driver at some time. One of those cases were the judge should have considered public opinion. Being a bus driver is only one step worse than being a traffic warden everbody hates them. Thats unless you have a free bus pass of course.