A passenger racially abused a taxi driver and smashed up his car in a row over the price of the fare.
Mark Stephen Davies, 32, from Porthleven Road, Runcorn pleaded guilty to racially aggravated assault and criminal damage.
Davies and a woman were picked up by a Hungarian taxi driver, at an address in West Bank, Widnes, on March 20.
However when the taxi pulled up at its destination - in Riding Lane, Runcorn - Davies got into an argument with the driver over the fare price.
Chester Crown Court, on August 23, heard how Davies objected to the price and paying the toll fee and an argument between him and the driver began.
He then racially abused and assaulted the driver before smashing one of the car's rear windows and wing mirrors before fleeing the scene.
In court Davies was jailed for nine months for racially aggravated assault and racially aggravated criminal damage.
DC Phil Brown of Cheshire Constabulary said: "The taxi driver was simply doing his job and should not have been racially abused or assaulted in the course of his work.
"I hope that Davies now realises that we will not put up with behaviour that insults or discriminates against people who should be welcomed in our community and that the police will take strong action against such behaviour."
