Boss jailed after stabbing employee in bottom with pitchfork
A company managing director has been jailed for a series of violent attacks on an employee, including stabbing him in the bottom with a pitchfork.
By Murray Wardrop
Last Updated: 8:07AM GMT 23 Dec 2008
Michael Parker lost his temper with Mark Reene and committed five separate assaults, on one occasion attacking him with a chainsaw.
In another incident, the 51-year-old gouged at Mr Reene's eyes and punched him in the face while calling him "thick" and threatening to kill him.
The court heard that the 44-year-old put up with the abuse for six months because Parker threatened to hurt Mr Reene's family if he told anyone about the attacks.
But the final straw came when Parker punched out two of Mr Reene's front teeth and skewered his left buttock with a pitchfork.
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