THIS is the shocking moment road rage thugs attacked binmen with an axe and sledgehammer in a broad daylight brawl.
The savage trio launched into the violent assault after Joe Cordon almost ploughed his Corsa into a council bin lorry.
Footage shows the 29-year-old jumping out his car and punching a binman three times in the face.
Cordon, who used to be a bin man himself, then begins smashing up the lorry with a lollipop stick.
Around 30 minutes later, he targeted a second bin lorry in Stoke-on-Trent with pals Jack Spackman, 25, and Kyle Worthington, 21.
Armed with an axe, sledgehammer and gun, the group attacked the refuse workers in a violent brawl.
Cordon smashed the lorry windows with an axe before slashing at the terrified binmen.
Spackman hit the lorry with the sledgehammer, while Worthington fired a shot at it.
One of the bin men was taken to hospital with facial, head and leg injuries.
The second suffered a head injury in the March 2023 horror, while the third had head and leg wounds.
Another worker, who was caught up in Cordon's first attack, was taken to hospital with head, facial and foot injuries.
All three men, from Stoke-on-Trent, have now been jailed for more than 18 years.
Cordon received six years and eight months after he pleaded guilty to wounding with intent, two counts of assault occasioning them actual bodily harm and two counts of criminal damage.
He also admitted a motor vehicle otherwise in accordance with a licence and using a motor vehicle on a road without third party insurance.
Worthington was jailed for six years after admitting conspiring to cause grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.
Spackman was caged for five years and six months after pleading guilty to two counts of conspiring to cause grievous bodily harm with intent, possess an offensive weapon in a public place and criminal damage.
A teenage boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded to conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm, possession of an offensive weapon in a public place and criminal damage.
He was given a youth rehabilitation order for three years which included 240 hours unpaid work, a curfew and electronic monitoring.
Detective Inspector Andy Bryan, of Staffordshire , said afterwards: “This was two unprovoked attacks on refuse collectors who were simply doing their jobs.
“Both incidents happened in the daytime while local residents were present in the streets.
“It is more luck than judgement that the injuries sustained by the refuse collectors.
“I am pleased all four defendants admitted their involvement in the attack.”
