A VAN driving on the A55 in North Wales was struck by a metal bar and had one of its windows kicked.

This was in Colwyn Bay during the afternoon of Saturday, September 3.

You can watch dashcam footage of the attack below:

On Monday (October 24), Najam Ali, 26, of Blackberry Lane, Stockport, and Said Sadat, 25, of Tamworth Street, Oldham, were sentenced to 22 and 18 months in prison respectively for the attack.

Pedro Bergantim, 22, of Taunton Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, was sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, and will complete 150 hours’ unpaid work and 20 days’ rehabilitation activity.

Demi Ward, 21, of Sandstone Way, Manchester, was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, and will complete 100 hours’ unpaid work and 25 days’ rehabilitation activity.

They will each pay a victim surcharge of £187.

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Men jailed after ‘astonishing’, ‘appalling’ attack on driver in Colwyn Bay

At their sentencing at Caernarfon Crown Court, prosecutor Richard Edwards told of how they had all been in a black BMW vehicle, reported to the police as seemingly attacking a white van being driven by Sean Powell.

Powell, who said he did not know why he was targeted, was approached in his van by the defendants, while a window of his van was kicked, objects were thrown at it, and a metal bar was struck at it.

Judge Timothy Petts described this as an “astonishing and appalling incident”.

Addressing Ali, he said: “You were the driver – without your dangerous driving, none of this would have happened.

“For several minutes, you can be seen driving in and around traffic. There was absolutely no reason for any of this to happen.

“Nothing that’s been shown to me suggests that the van driver was, in any way, at fault.”