GP Dr Paul Uglow described Andrew Hollinshead in a 999 call to police as 'an absolute animal'
An award-winning cattle farmer and parish councillor rammed a family doctor's car with his seven-and-a-half tonne tractor after shouting 'you are a w****r' at him during a road-rage row. Andrew Hollinshead, 54, who appeared on the BBC after being named 'Green Farmer of the Year' at the Northern Farmers Awards in 2016, drove his tractor into GP Dr Paul Uglow's VW Tiguan after earlier 'cutting him up' at a road junction, magistrates were told.
Simon Leong, prosecuting, said: "Dr Uglow saw a tractor pull out on the right in front of him causing him to make an emergency stop. The tractor stopped and its driver gave a middle finger salute to Dr Uglow. Dr Uglow then made the decision to follow the tractor as he wished to speak to the driver about what happened.
"I hit the side embankment very hard, causing damage to the two alloy wheels. By the time I stopped the tractor had completed his manoeuvre and I could see the driver remonstrating, saying what I understood to be obscenities. He was saying 'f*** off', 'you are a w*****r', 'p**s off'. I read his lips.
"I wanted to go to speak to him to tell him that he damaged my car and say 'let's just exchange details in a civil fashion'," he told the court. "So I went to a different entrance to the farm. I didn't know it was his farm until he went home. "And one piece lacerated my right arm. The cut was four and a half inches long, sufficient to cause bleeding, but would not require sutures. He kept pushing against the vehicle for what seemed like a long time. He kept pushing and the crumpling sound went on for quite a little while. He saw me and drove straight into my vehicle at speed before I had any chance to get out."
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