Road rage incident outside Tesco went viral on social media

Peter Abbott got out of his car and approached frightened Samantha Isaacs' vehicle following the minor incident outside a Tesco petrol station.

A terrified Mrs Isaacs locked her doors and began filming irate Abbott.

The 60-year-old banged on her windscreen with his fists before unleashing the foul-mouthed tirade.

GUILTY: Peter Abbott faces jail (Image: BNPS)

A male motorist went to intervene and called Abbott a bully. The Good Samaritan told him "what is wrong with you, it's a woman on her own" to which Abbott replied "she's a f**king bloody annoying woman".

The footage was shown at Poole Magistrates' Court where Abbott went on trial for using threatening words or behaviour to cause alarm, distress or fear of violence.

He denied the offence, saying 'it's not against the law to be angry' but was found guilty.

Sentencing was adjourned for reports but a district judge warned Abbott that he may go to jail as it was the 'most serious' of this type of offence.

Afterwards Mrs Isaacs, who is aged in her late 50s, said: "He's a horrible man and a bully. I didn't want it to go this far, I just don't want him to do it to anyone else."

The road rage incident happened on August 25 last year when Mrs Isaacs was leaving the petrol station at Tesco Extra in Castle Lane, Bournemouth just before lunchtime.

Abbott, who had been shopping, pulled out in front of her causing her to slam on her brakes.

The mother of three honked her horn prompting Abbott to make rude gestures at her before stopping his Toyota car and getting out.

Mrs Isaacs told the court: "I beeped my horn as if to say 'look out' type of thing. He turned around in the car and started gesticulating, then he got out of the car and started shouting at me.

SCARED: Victim Samantha Isaacs called Abbott a bully (Image: BNPS)

"He said what did I think I was doing and started hitting my car and calling me a lot of names like f**king slag and whore.

"He was banging with both his fists on the windscreen and my door. I was frightened so I started videoing it.

"I wanted to show him I was recording everything to make him stop. I had locked my doors, I wasn't getting out of my car."

Shami Duggal, prosecuting, said: "In the footage you were being extremely verbally abusive, threatening and intimidating.

"That wasn't reasonable behaviour was it?"

Abbott replied: "No I would agree, but it wasn't without cause. It's not against the law to be angry."

Judge Orla Austin told Abbott: "Your intention was to cause her harassment, alarm and distress. She was on her own, you repeatedly targeted her, it was sustained abuse and had a significant effect on her."

She warned Abbott, of Bournemouth, that he faces imprisonment as the incident was the "most serious" of this type of offence and he had put the victim through a trial despite "overwhelming evidence".

Sentencing was adjourned until later this month for probation to assess Abbott.