Kingston bus driver floored for not having correct change

A Kingston bus driver was floored by a punch to his face after he refused a passenger entry for not having correct change.

Kingston College student Matthew Powell admitted beating 213 bus driver Dexter Damalie, after the two were seen on CCTV rolling around the grounds of Fairfield Road bus terminus as the result of an argument.

Crown Prosecution Service prosecutor Liz West said: “At 8.32am, Mr Powell tried to get on the bus with a £10 note, but the victim told him he couldn’t change it.

23:34, 21 Aug 2010 by Matthew Rees