A disgruntled mechanic who was sacked by a taxi firm has been jailed for carrying out a violent revenge campaign against his former employers.
Adrian Ling, 63, fired airguns at taxis from passing cars, threw corrosive liquid over paintwork and slashed tyres causing damage totalling £136,000.
Ipswich Crown Court heard that Ling, from Brampton in Suffolk, had worked for Goldline Travel at Ellough near Beccles before he was dismissed in 2012.
Following his sacking a six-year campaign of criminal damage against the company’s vehicles began.
From 4 March 2013 to 18 May 2019 police recorded 83 cases of damage against the firm.
Ling had denied the offences but was found guilty, alongside his co-defendant Daniel Garrison, on 1 November 2023, following a two-month trial.
Garrison, of Danforth Drive in…
