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A drunk driver who killed a 75-year-old grandfather in a “catalogue of carnage” and threatened to set fire to another motorist’s car has been jailed for more than 10 years. James Gill, 39, fractured the skull of Neil Robinson in an unprovoked and random attack after accusing him of “walking on the wrong side of the road” on December 16 last year.
Nottingham Crown Court was told Mr Robinson died in hospital six days after being pushed over by Gill, who was on his lunch break from an electrician’s training course.
Prosecutor Sarah Knight said Gill had driven to Nottingham from Doncaster on December 16 and was drinking from a bottle containing ethanol at the training course while “constantly talking about violence and bigging himself up.”
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She said Mr Robinson was on foot crossing the road near a supermarket when a witness observed Gill getting out of his car and walking briskly. Another witness saw Gill use both hands to push Mr Robinson hard in the chest, causing him to fall backwards and hit his head on the ground in Chilwell, Nottingham, leading to several bone fractures.
Ms Knight said: “In addition to the attack that Mr Robinson sustained, [Gill] embarked on a rampage of violence and aggression.”
Afterwards, Gill stole a bottle of vodka from the nearby supermarket and returned to the training course, where he was asked to leave after being “angry and disruptive”. He was next seen in the Toton area of Nottinghamshire, where he threw a bottle out of his car window which smashed against a wall.
After a female driver asked him to pick up his litter, the court was told Gill responded: “I know littering is wrong but so is arson and I am more
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