A Toronto bicycle courier has pleaded guilty to assaulting a taxi driver in an August 2016 confrontation that was partially captured on video and widely shared on social media.
Global News has learned that Baldeep Cheema, 31, was slapped with a conditional sentence and 18 months probation on Tuesday.
The widely-shared video shows Cheema riding beside the taxi and hitting the passenger side of the vehicle with his hand, at which point the taxi turned towards him, forcing him off the road. The incident took place on Bay Street south of Bloor Street West.
Get breaking National news
READ MORE: Toronto’s Bloor bike lanes just took one more step toward permanency
But police say Cheema had previously reached into the taxi and assaulted the driver a few blocks south, in what they termed a case of road rage.
The cab driver, 57-year-old Ali Farkhondehfall of Thornhill, also faces charges, with his trial slated for the spring.
WATCH: Cab driver appears in court for Toronto ‘road rage’ incident with cyclist
- Family of Penticton’s Taig Savage says it has given up on justice after manslaughter plea
- Questions raised over Vancouver police investigating one of their own officers
- Two children fell from trunk of moving vehicle, one hurt, Quebec provincial police say
- Arson being investigated after Molotov cocktail destroys Nova Scotia home: RCMP
Comments
Comments closed.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.
Please see our Commenting Policy for more.