Zombie knife thug, 18, who avoided prison over terrifying road rage row is now JAILED for more than three years on appeal after public outcry forced a review of his 'lenient' sentence

A thug who brandished a zombie knife at a motorist in a road rage attack has finally been sent to prison after originally walking free from court.

Joshua Gardner, 18, was caught on camera brandishing the enormous blade on a busy south London road and threatening a 19-year-old driver, who got out and ran away.

But there was fury among Londoners and many police officers when he was only given a suspended sentence for the shocking attack.

Today, three appeal judges reviewed the case and decided Gardner should have been jailed. They handed him a three and a half year prison term and he will be taken into custody in the next 24 hours.

Finding the original suspended sentence was 'unduly lenient', appeal judge Sir Brian Leveson: 'One of the challenges facing society is the common-place carrying and use of knives.

'There can never be any excuse for carrying a weapon of the type which this offender carried on this day.

'Purported self-defence all too frequently becomes an offence and results in fatal injuries, particularly to teenage boys, almost on a daily basis.

'Public concern is obvious and inevitable. It falls to the court to demonstrate that such behaviour must result in substantial and effective custodial sentences.'



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I should think so!

"Unduly Lenient" The understatement of the year, Who first gave that verdict ?