A MAN connected to the stabbing of a 17-year-old on a night bus in Thornton Heath has been given a further jail term for a separate assault.
Davenand Jaipaul, 20, was sentenced to nine months in a young offender institution for attacking a 40-year-old man outside The Money Shop, in Mitcham Road, Croydon at 1am on September 2 last year.
Jaipaul, of Tankerton Terrace, Mitcham Road, was part of a group of men who confronted the victim as he was walked down the street with a friend.
Jaipaul pushed him and, as the man turned away, punched him in the face, causing him to need hospital treatment.
When police arrived the victim pointed out Jaipaul at a kebab shop on the opposite side of the road and he was arrested.
Jaipaul denied the offence despite being identified by witnesses and having a cut on his hand from the assault.
He was found guilty of assault occasioning grievous bodily harm and was sentenced yesterday (Thursday) at Croydon Crown Court.
The thug was previously given a nine month sentence on January 9 after being found guilty of affray in connection with the stabbing of a 17-year-old boy on a N109 bus in London Road, Thornton Heath, on April 27, 2014.
Shomari Davis, 18, and a 17-year-old accomplice stabbed the boy three times during an attempted robbery. Davis was jailed for eight years and the teenager was sentenced to 13 years.
