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WA man jailed over road rage attack on grandma
AAP
A man has been jailed over a violent road rage attack on a Perth freeway in which he smashed a grandmother's car window with his fist
Anwar Hautapu, 29, became angry at the 56-year-old woman as she drove on Kwinana Freeway in Success last October.
He leaned out of his car window and repeatedly abused the woman, before throwing something at her car.
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Hautapu then pulled up in front of the woman, got out and abused her again, and smashed her window with his fist.
He was sentenced to 10 months' jail in Fremantle Magistrates Court on Tuesday for offences including criminal damage and assault occasioning bodily harm, and was also ordered to pay $700 in compensation.
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