‘Britain’s angriest man’ who screamed abuse at female motorist after she beeped at him is jailed over fresh outburst at a mum and her newborn baby

A road rage driver who was filmed swearing at a female driver has been jailed after launching another abusive tirade at a woman.

Peter Abbott, 62, went viral last year when he was caught on camera screaming at a woman in a Tesco car park for beeping at her for parking in front of him.

He was given a suspended prison sentence for the shocking explosion in August 2023.

Now Abbott has been jailed after getting into yet another angry confrontation with a woman walking with her newborn baby and dog while cycling along the coastline.

Abbott hit the woman’s dog, which got out of control, causing the woman to scream at him.

He got off his bike and began abusing her before directing his anger at a passerby who tried to calm him down.

He was caught on camera telling a member of the public: ‘Shut up or I’ll kick you.’

He also challenged another man to a fight and called him a ‘weed’.

Abbott, who was wearing a lycra outfit at the time, displayed ‘pure rage’ during the shocking incident at Alum Chine beach in Bournemouth, Dorset, on December 3 last year.

At the time he was still serving a suspended prison sentence for his viral outburst against the woman in the Tesco car park.

In the first incident, the driver was filmed hitting Samantha Isaac’s windshield with his fists and calling her “b****”, “b****” and “whore”.

He was sentenced to prison for the first viral incident in May 2024 when he avoided prison time and was told to take an anger management course instead.

The beach incident meant Abbott breached his suspended sentence and he was sentenced to six weeks in prison by magistrates in Poole.

District Judge Orla Austin said: ‘This is another incident of public outrage.

‘I’d like to know why you think you have the right to tell people to shut up and shout and get angry.’

Abbott had been banned from driving due to the road rage incident and was cycling through the prom when he encountered his latest female victim.

Prosecutor Laura Lohk said: ‘The defendant was cycling behind the victim’s dog before heading towards it.

‘He then got off his bike and started shouting and swearing at the victim, then started shouting at everyone around.

‘A member of the public saw what was happening in front of him and began recording it.’

In the latest incident, Abbott was once again caught on camera in the middle of a tirade against a mother with a newborn baby.

Video footage taken by Ms Isaacs shows Abbot shouting at her: ‘Can you see me?’

60-year-old woman hits windshield with fists before launching tirade

Peter Abbott was given a suspended sentence before Poole Magistrates’ Court last year.

In a clip recorded during the beachside explosion, Abbott can be heard shouting: ‘Shut up or I’ll kick you. Go away, b****!’

He then went to cycle away, but soon got off his bike again to shout at a couple who stopped to help.

In a second clip of the incident he can be heard saying: ‘There was a woman with about five dogs running everywhere.’

When the man tries to speak, Abbott starts shouting: ‘I’m not done yet!’

The man told him he should watch where he was going on his bike, prompting Abbott to shout: ‘Shut up you b****, if you want a kick you’re going the right way.’

He is heard adding: ‘What are you going to do about it, you weed?’

Miss Lohk told the court: ‘The complainant said the defendant was very aggressive, shouting and swearing. He said the dog was not wandering around, the dog was under his control and was well-behaved.

‘I was horrified, the cyclist was so aggressive that he wasn’t speaking logically. “It just seemed like pure anger,” he said.

Dorset Police appealed with the photo of the angry cyclist and Abbott was arrested a few weeks later.

Abbott pleaded guilty to using threatening or abusive words or behavior to cause fear, distress or alarm.

This crime cannot be solved with a prison sentence, but by committing the crime, Abbott had violated his suspended sentence for the previous traffic accident incident.

Katherine Toth, defending, said: ‘He was not cycling fast throughout the journey because he knew children and other pedestrians could suddenly change direction.

‘Four or five dogs were out in front, chasing each other out of control.

‘As the complainant’s dog ran in front of his front wheel, he managed to stop without making contact because he had a disc brake.

‘He continued cycling but the complainant shouted something at him. She assumed he was the owner and decided to turn around to tell him the dog needed to be followed.

‘The complainant wasn’t listening. He admits he was reacting to her but he did not actually swear at the complainant, only when approached by another member of the public whom he feared.

‘He’s not trying to belittle your behavior. He realizes that he must continue cycling.

‘He regrets his decision to confront her and any member of the public. He clearly understands that what he did was wrong.

‘She was struggling with loneliness and isolation and was using cycling and yoga to cope with her loneliness. ‘He’s made a change, he’s trying to manage his anger better.’

Ms Toth said Mr Abbott had completed an anger management course as part of his sentence and had not been in trouble since that beach incident, which took place more than a year ago.

He added: ‘Activation would not be fair. More than a year has passed since the crime and there is a realistic prospect of rehabilitation.’

But the judge disagreed and said Abbott couldn’t just vent his anger publicly.

He said: ‘This was an example of extreme anger that had a significant impact on the victim, so a suspended sentence was given on condition that you commit no further offending.’

He told him: ‘I understand you’ve done well with your rehabilitation, what happens here in December 2024, a few months after your suspended sentence.

‘You have been banned from driving, you now cycle and engage with the public on the promenade.

‘There were children there; the complainant walking her newborn baby with her dog and another woman filming.

‘You were so angry, you were shouting ‘Shut up’. You’re yelling and cursing, which causes people serious concerns about whether they’re going to be attacked.

‘I accept that you have completed anger management and I also accept that the new offense may not warrant a prison sentence, but I nevertheless activate the suspended sentence given the time and degree of similarity of the incident.

‘It’s very sad to get to this point, but here we are. ‘I will not allow you to harass and intimidate the public like this.’

Abbott, a freelance translator from Bournemouth, was sent to prison for six weeks and ordered to pay £85 prosecution costs.