Car hire boss jailed for road rage attack

A DIRECTOR of a city car hire firm has been jailed for a road rage attack on a council worker.

David Sim drove his van at Brian Farrell because he claimed he had been tailgating him, Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard.

Mr Farrell had just parked his white Ford Transit van outside his offices when Sim, a director of Capital Car Hire, sped towards him.

The court heard how he had to jump over wall to avoid being hit by the van before receiving a torrent of abuse from Sim over the state of his driving. .

Police caught up with 40-year-old Sim later that day after Farrell reported him and the incident was viewed on CCTV cameras.

Yesterday, Sim was handed a four-month jail term after it was revealed he had been on probation at the time for an axe attack.

The court heard how Sim, of Polton Vale, Loanhead, had noticed another van tailgating him on the City Bypass on September 5 last year. Nearing his work on Bankhead Road, he noticed the same van pull into a car park and decided to confront the driver.

Murray Robertson, defending Sim, said: "My client . . . moved his van right up to him so he could talk to him and insists he had no intention of driving at him."