Maginnis found guilty of assaulting motorist

A former Ulster Unionist Party MP has been convicted of assaulting a motorist in a road rage incident in the North.

Ken Maginnis, 75, a member of the UK’s House of Lords, was found guilty at Dungannon Magistrates’ Court of grabbing 21-year-old Keith Kirk by the arm and threatening to punch him in the town last summer after becoming enraged at him honking his car horn. Mr Maginnis, who admitted calling Mr Kirk a “yellow-bellied bastard”, had denied the charge of common assault.

However, District Judge John Meehan said he was satisfied the prosecution had proved the case beyond reasonable doubt.