Patient In Waiting-Room Attack At Medical Centre

Waiting-Room Whack At World's End

A patient with an anti-social and narcissistic personality disorder - who was kept waiting at his local medical centre - punched another man in the face while shouting: “F***ing c***, bastard foreigner.”

Eric Williams, 71, of Lots Road, West Brompton attacked the victim, who was also waiting in the surgery, after the man told him to calm down.

He pleaded guilty at Hammersmith Magistrates Court to assaulting Mohamed Chaker on March 12 at the nearby World's End Medical Centre, King's Road and was sentenced to a twelve-month community order and ordered to pay the victim £50 compensation.

The court heard Williams entered the surgery demanding a repeat prescription and became angry when told he would have to make an appointment to see a doctor.

He calmed down a little when given a slot the next day, but then began banging hard on the glass counter.

“He said he did not want to be a second-class citizen in his own country,” explained prosecutor Mr. Martin Edwards.

“Mr. Chaker, who was seated in the waiting area, said: 'calm down' and the defendant turned and punched him in the face.”

The victim was left with blood in the white of his eye and Williams, who has previous convictions, claims he remembers nothing of the incident.

His lawyer told the court Williams, who has documented mental health problems, also suffered four heart attacks in the last twelve months and: “felt fobbed-off and had no medication.”