"F***ing N*****": City Petrol Broker's Road Rage Race Rant

A City oil and petrol broker shouted: “You f***ing n*****,” at a black driver, who undertook her in the bus lane at a busy roundabout, court heard.

Letizia Bonuglia, 45, who is employed in the heart of the Square Mile as a Gasoline Med Broker - specialising in the Mediterranean market - then repeated the racial slur when challenged.

Fortunately, her words were captured on the victim’s dash cam and Bonuglia - who lives in a £900,000 apartment in Cambridge Mansions, near Battersea Park - was arrested and charged.

At Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court she pleaded guilty to one count of racially aggravated harassment in York Road, Wandsworth on June 23.

Prosecutor Nathan Fuller told the court there was a line of traffic, including Bonuglia, approaching Wandsworth roundabout when victim Carlos Wilson used the bus line to drive past on the inside.

“He was undertaking a number of vehicles, including this defendant, and at the lights they came to a stop and there was a disagreement between the two of them.

“He said he was allowed to drive down the inside and she called the victim a ‘f***ing n*****,’ and when he asked her if that is what she said, she repeated the words: ‘Yes. You’re a n*****.’

“Both of them called the police and officers describe this defendant as ‘distressed and crying’.

“She said the other driver had tried to crash into her, but this is not true.”

Bench Chairman Gilles Casse announced: “This has been described as a form of road rage and a ten to thirty second burst of anger as a result of someone driving in the bus lane and then attempting to cut across.”

He told Bonuglia, who attended Sapienza University, Rome: “We are going to fine you. We have heard what you earn and give you credit for your guilty plea.

“We will be uplifting the fine due to the racial element.”

Bonuglia was fined £2,800, with £85 costs and ordered to pay a £1,120 victim surcharge. 

Another Speeding Conviction For 'Top Gear' Producer

Andy Wilman with classic Top Gear line-up

Porsche-driving ‘Top Gear’ producer Andy Wilman has clocked up yet another speeding offence after being caught on camera travelling at 30mph in a 20mph zone.

The 63 year-old did not appear at Lavender Hill Magistrates Court, where he received three penalty points and was fined £666, with £130 costs and ordered to pay a £266 victim surcharge.

He was executive producer of the BBC show between 2002 and 2015 before leaving with old school pal Jeremy Clarkson to create spin-off ‘The Grand Tour’, broadcast on Amazon Prime.

Wilman, who lives in a £6m house in Lyford Road, Wandsworth Common pleaded guilty to driving his grey 2.9 litre Porsche Macan in excess of the 20mph limit on the A41 Finchley Road, Hampstead, near the junction with Parsifal Road on April 21.

At the same court in May he received a six-month disqualification for his fourth speeding conviction in three years, meaning the latest three points were imposed a few days after getting his licence back.

Prosecutor Kari Williams told the court: “It was 4.46pm and a speed camera recorded the driver at 30mph in  a twenty.

“Mr Wilman was disqualified in May, this year as a totter and the licence does not currently have any live points.”

Bench Chairwoman Wendy Preston announced: “He was disqualified in May and this offence pre-dates it.

“In the case of Mr Wilman his licence will be endorsed with three penalty points and will be fined.

“We are taking into account his guilty plea. It would have been a thousands pounds, but we are taking into account the plea.”

Wilman’s solicitors wrote to the court, indicating he would be admitting the offence.

Wilman became the unofficial ‘fourth member’ of the classic Top Gear line-up of Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond is now working on Clarkson’s Farm in the Cotswolds.

He was educated at £52,000-a year Repton School, Derbyshire - also attended by Clarkson - and has also produced ‘Clarkson’s Farm’.

Working extensively with his school chum Wilman has also produced ‘Jeremy Clarkson’s Motorworld’; ‘Jeremy Clarkson’s Extreme Machines’; ‘Jeremy Clarkson: Meet the Neighbours’ and ‘Jeremy Clarkson: The Greatest Raid of All Time’.

BAFTA-nominated Wilman, an £800,000 a year broadcasting executive was given twenty-eight days to pay.

Bagged!: Square Mile Pub Thieves Captured

Thieves: Bourhar (L) Kraifa (R)

Two more foreign thieves, who targeted City workers enjoying a drink, have been locked-up for stealing a woman's bag.

The pair struck in the heart of the Square Mile at the The Magpie pub, New Street, near Liverpool Street station.

Hecham Bourhar, 29, and Mohammed Kraifa, 34, acted together to steal the woman's bag that was lying on the floor underneath a table.

Bourhar entered the City of London despite being subject to a Criminal Behaviour Order, banning him from the Square Mile for previous offending.

The dishonest duo, both of St. Georges Court, Wood Street, Walthamstow were sentenced for theft of the bag on Tuesday, November 11.

On that evening they were captured on CCTV taking the bag, which contained a LENOVO laptop computer, headphones with microphone, clothing, plus other items worth £2,000.

They each received eighteen weeks imprisonment, but Bourhar will not serve any extra time for breaching his Criminal Behaviour Order as his eight-week sentence for that offence will run concurrently.

Kraifa hooked his foot inside the strap of the bag, dragging it out from underneath the table while the nearby victim was completely unaware.

Bourhar then swiftly picked up the bag and the pair exited the premises.

Sergeant James Wood, of the Proactive Acquisitive Crime Team at the City of London Police, said: “By using all our resources in tracking down bag thieves, we have already made significant arrests which have led to a number of successful prosecutions. 

“This is another great result, with two bag thieves behind bars.

“Our dedicated officers are working tirelessly to identify and apprehend individuals who target those who live, work and visit the Square Mile.”