A COCAINE-fuelled thug has been jailed after his naked two-day binge in which he attacked cars and urinated on a war memorial.
Shocking footage of Rhys Hicks’ drug-powered bender captures him violently punching cars and karate kicking members of the public.
A naked Hicks karate kicked a driver and tried to steal his car during the rampage in Middleton, Greater Manchester.
He is then seen to be pulled out of the vehicle, totally naked, by members of the public who detained him until officers showed up.
The thug was also seen urinating on a memorial nearby, which was described in court as a “shameful lack of respect to the war dead”.
The defendant pleaded guilty to a total of six offences, and was handed a sentence of 16 months in prison, of which he is likely to serve 40 per cent behind bars.
Manchester Crown Court heard how Mr Hicks’ aggressive outburst had begun on June 29 at the home of a woman he knew in Middleton.
He started shouting aggressively and incomprehensibly, and pushed the woman against her wall, causing her to fall over.
Mr Hicks, originally from Stockport, was next spotted just before 5pm in the town centre, wearing only a pair of trainers and his boxers.
A witness told how he saw Mr Hicks vanish into the cover of some trees and emerge entirely naked.
He began randomly punching and kicking cars along Manchester Old Road, causing motorists to “panic”, the court heard.
Paul Yates, who was driving with his 11-year-old granddaughter at the time, saw the commotion Mr Hicks was causing.
Due to standstill traffic, he was unable to move away, so got out of his car.
Videos, which have been viewed tens of thousands of times on social media, show Mr Hicks punching and kicking Mr Yates.
He even dragged him away from his own vehicle and sat down in the front seat.
Members of the public were able to intervene, dragging Mr Hicks out and holding him until police officers turned up.
Mr Hicks admitted to having been on a “two-day bender,” and “entirely blamed” the booze and drugs for his erratic actions.
He wanted to express “how sorry he is for his behaviour” and pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity
Mr Hicks was convicted of two counts of criminal damage, one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, one count of assault by beating, one count of affray and one count of causing danger to road users.
Sentencing Recorder Jeremy Lasker told Hicks: “Your behaviour towards cars and more particularly motorists who were driving on that summer’s afternoon is actually the stuff that members of the public simply dread these days.
“Anyone who as a driver is regularly stopped in traffic in urban areas cannot help these days but to be aware of the potential danger from individuals, on this occasion, from you.
“That’s why, for the most part, people decided to keep their cars locked for safe keeping when they drive in urban areas.
“I doubt if many of the motorists who were on that road that day will forget what happened.”
