- Kenneth Wolfe was cornered and attacked by men in Southend, Essex
- The 78-year challenged them after they failed to pay their £11 fare
- The attackers, all in their 20s, were sentenced to total of 24 years in prison
- One of the men, Axl Gilbert, was determined to be at risk of killing someone
This distressing photo shows the face of a 78-year-old taxi driver after he was cornered beaten to a pulp by three
men when he challenged them over an unpaid fare.
Kenneth Wolfe suffered a fractured eye socket and broken nose when he was attacked by Adam Rhuebell, Axl
Gilbert, and Charlie Laidlaw outside a Sainsbury's in Southend, Essex.
CCTV footage of the incident shows the three men turning on Mr Wolfe after he got out of his taxi and demanded they pay their £11 fare.
The attackers were sentenced to a total of more than 24 years in prison last week.
The court heard that a pre-sentence report had determined that Gilbert, of Rochford, Essex, was at risk of killing someone if he did not complete an intervention programme in prison.
Mr Wolfe stopped outside the supermarket after his passengers, Gilbert, 21, and Laidlaw, 22, said that they needed to use the cash machine.
The court heard that Gilbert, of Rochford, Essex, was determined by a pre-sentence report to be at risk of killing someone.
The pair met Rhuebell, 24, who was homeless, on the street, and tried to run away without paying their fare.
CCTV footage played to Basildon Crown Court showed Mr Wolfe get out of his car and demand they pay the fare.
The thugs then cornered him and subjected him to a brutal beating.
Mr Wolfe suffered a fractured cheek, a fractured eye socket, a broken nose and a number of missing teeth.
He still suffers flashbacks and has been unable to return to his job as a taxi driver since the attack in February.
Gilbert, of Rochford, Essex, was sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in jail with an extended licence period of three years because he was deemed such a danger to the public.
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