Man who smashed Sydney bus in road rage attack gets 12 months jail
John Klironomos has been sentenced to 12 months jail for smashing a bus in Marrickville in Sydney's inner west.
Klironomos attacked the bus in February, smashing it up with a shovel in the middle of the street at 9.40am.
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The attack was captured on camera, showing Klironomos yelling abuse before he grabbed the shovel from the back of his car and smashed the front window of the M30 bus on Marrickville Road.
The windscreen shattered in the attack but the driver feared for his life.
Klironomos, 44, fled the scene in his car but he was later arrested.
He faced charged with destroy or damage property and being armed with intent to commit an indictable offence.
Despite more than $1000 damage, the bus was repaired and back on the road in time for the afternoon peak.
The brief but frenzied attack unfolded in front of several witnesses who watched on from across the road.
"He was telling the bus driver to get out, the bus driver was like nah, nah, nah," witness Paul told 7 News after the attack.
"If he would have got out he would have got smashed by the shovel for sure."
