Blind man with guide dog punched by van driver – BBC News

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edited July 2020 in People power

A blind man walking with his guide dog was punched repeatedly when he asked a van driver to move off the pavement to enable him to pass. 

Tony Webb, 73, was attacked in Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire. 

His daughter told the BBC: "Dad asked the driver if he would move so he and Sammy, his guide dog, could get past, but the man said 'no'. 

Dad asked him again and said it was out of order to park on the pavement, and the next thing he knew he was pushed up against the van - he thinks he was punched three times in his eye. 

The man even told my father he didn't believe he was blind."

You can read the full article here: Blind man with guide dog punched by van driver – BBC News

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  • Ami2301
    Ami2301 Online Community Member Posts: 7,877 Championing
    Absolutely appalling!
  • Firefly123
    Firefly123 Online Community Member Posts: 526 Empowering
    What is wrong with people discusting behaviour. 
  • pollyanna1052
    pollyanna1052 Online Community Member Posts: 2,015 Championing
    Horrendous!
  • Adventium
    Adventium Online Community Member Posts: 31 Connected
    Stuff like this makes me ashamed to be human :( Here's to hoping the man recovers, and doesn't lose the will to continue going outside.