Mechanic jailed for prank that poisoned workmate

A MECHANIC was jailed for 15 months yesterday after spiking a workmate’s drink to “teach him a lesson” in a prank which left the father-of-two blind and deaf.

Keith Lamb, 45, put antifreeze in a bottle of cola following a row with Martin Bingley at Alwoodley Motors in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

The judge, Mr Justice Smith, jailed Lamb for 15 months yesterday at Sheffield Crown Court after he pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to causing a poison to be taken so as to inflict grievous bodily harm.