‘I’ll knock your head off’: ‘Drunk’ BMW driver with a ‘bottle of vodka’ in the front seat stumbles out of his car to confront shopper who accused him of littering
- Rob Flint was buying essentials at a Co-Op in Southport, Merseyside, on Monday
- He claims he spotted a BMW driver drinking vodka in the car and littering
- The irate driver then stumbled out of his car towards Rob who was recording
- Police confirmed a man, 65, was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving
A foul-mouthed BMW driver accused of drinking at the wheel was caught stumbling out of his car in a bid to ‘knock a shopper’s head off’ in a supermarket carpark spat.
Rob Flint, who recorded the incident in Southport, Merseyside, was accosted by the driver at 6.30pm on Monday after popping to the Co-Op to pick up essentials for himself and his 90-year-old neighbour.
But the business owner, 47, was stunned as he was repeatedly heckled by the potty-mouthed driver who allegedly had a bottle of vodka in his car at the Marsh Side supermarket.
A BMW driver who allegedly had a bottle of vodka in the front of his car threatened to punch a man who confronted him for littering a can of Coca Cola in Southport, Merseyside
Rob said the man first started swearing at him while swigging from a Coke can as he went to grab a bag from his car.
A female shopper wound her window down and shouted over to him that he’d been heckling her too.
When Rob returned to his car he confronted the bloke for being a litterbug after seeing a discarded Coke can on the floor next to his white private-reg car.
As Rob lectured him on dumping rubbish he spotted what he believes was a bottle of vodka stashed next to him and confronted him about it.
Rob Flint, who recorded the incident, accused the driver of drinking a bottle of vodka in the car (left)
The aggressive driver stumbled out of his car and approached the man recording with a clenched fist
Rob said: ‘I opened the boot of my car to get a bag out and he started shouting expletives at me, he shouted “oi f***ing t****r”.
‘A girl parked in front of him put her window down and said he’d had a go at her too, she’d phoned her husband to come down as she was in quite a bit of a state.
‘When I came back out with my shopping a couple of minutes later he was still there shouting abuse.’
Footage shows the driver becoming irate when he was confronted by Rob about the litter.
He then stumbles out of his car towards Rob with a clenched fist, threatening to ‘knock [his] head off’.
The BMW driver threatened violence towards Rob and staggered out of his car towards him
Rob said: ‘I think he was just sitting in the car park looking for a punch-up with somebody and it happened to be me.
‘When I saw the bottle of vodka in the centre console I couldn’t believe it and when I mentioned it you could see the colour drain from his face.
‘He got out of the car and he told me he was going to thump me.’
He said the driver clenched his fist and threatened to take his phone, but Rob remained calm and ignored his threats.
Rob said when he went to leave the car park the bad-tempered BMW driver tried to land one final blow by attempting to rear-end him.
Rob said: ‘I’m one for giving people the benefit of the doubt.
The man staggered towards Rob and can be seen lunging forward with a clenched fist in an apparent bid to grab his phone
‘I initially thought he was an elderly gentleman who might have had a stroke, might have been diabetic or low on his meds, and that’s why I didn’t retaliate.
‘I’m a kind-hearted bloke, I’m not one going out looking for trouble, someone else might have thumped him while he was sitting in his car.
‘I was really taken aback that an older gentleman would speak to me like that. When he got out of his car I could see he couldn’t walk – that was probably to do with the amount of alcohol he’d drunk.’
A Merseyside Police spokesman said: ‘We arrested a 65-year-old man on Monday evening (30th March) on suspicion of driving while unfit through drink or drugs in Southport.
‘He has been released under investigation and enquiries are continuing.’