Shameless star Elliott Tittensor has been condemned by a top judge for loutish behaviour which left a young man close to death.

Tittensor, who played Carl Gallagher in the comedy series, used his brand new BMW as a weapon against trainee plumber Oliver Flint and drove away, leaving him gravely injured in the road.

Ever since a row over a mobile phone ended in tragedy, the actor had engaged in an orgy of self-justification, claiming he acted in self-defence.

Mr Justice Edis said Tittensor, 25, had deliberately exaggerated the threat posed by Flint during the 2010 confrontation in Kentish Town, north London.

After the incident, the actor had even resorted to inventing a claim that he believed Flint had a knife.

It was the plumber, not Tittensor, of Heywood, Lancashire, who was in grave and immediate danger of being killed as the actor swerved to throw him off his bonnet.

Flint started the row outside a McDonalds restaurant after Tittensor twice refused to let him borrow his mobile phone.

But the judge said: What followed was, I believe, a loutish shouting match in a public street between two men who were behaving badly.

Scene: Mr Flint tended to after attack

Although Flint had been threatening and intimidating - banging his fist on the BMWs bonnet - that in no way justified the actor using the car as a weapon.

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Shameless star Elliott Tittensor has been condemned by a top judge for loutish behaviour which left a young man close to death.

Mr Tittensor used his brand new BMW as a weapon against trainee plumber, Oliver Flint, and drove away, leaving him gravely injured in the road, the High Court was told.

But ever since the row over a mobile phone outside a McDonalds restaurant in Kentish Town, north London, Mr Tittensor claimed he had acted in self-defence.

Mr Justice Edis said Mr Tittensor, 25, had deliberately exaggerated the threat posed by Mr Flint during the 2010 confrontation.

Mr Flint was left brain damaged and blind in one eye after being thrown off the BMWs bonnet and says the incident wrecked his life.

Although his damages have yet to be assessed, he is claiming more than 300,000 from Mr Tittensor - who was not covered by insurance.

The actor is also likely to face legal costs running well into six figures.

The judge said that nothing Mr Flint did justified Mr Tittensor, who played Carl Gallagher in the Shameless comedy series, driving at him in a fury, so that he ended up on the bonnet.

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BULLHEAD CITY Inspired by a true story, the Disney movie McFarland, USA follows coach Jim White as he forms a championship-winning cross country team with a crew of unlikely runners from a predominantly Latino high school in small-town California.

It is a true story, said Felix Gonzalez, owner of Gonzos Plumbing. Its also my story. Coach White changed my life.

Gonzalez was, in his words, a troubled kid.

I was born in Compton, California, he said. I ran the streets of Los Angeles and was heading in a bad direction when my mom moved us to McFarland in 1981. Thats where everything changed for me.

Moving to a small farming town was tough for the big-city boy.

I was a bully in the seventh grade, Gonzalez said. I was picking on a kid, taking his lunch money when a man came up to me, put his hand on my shoulder and said, We dont do that at this school.

That man was Coach Jim White.

He told me he wanted me to come run with his team after school, Gonzales said. For some reason, I showed up and I ran with the team. Coach White saw something in me that day and I got a new direction.

White told the young Gonzalez that he had done as well as some of the top runners on the team.

He told me I was good at something, Gonzales said. Every assembly, Coach White would tell everyone I was the most improved runner. Not the best runner, the most improved. It taught me so much I learned I could always improve and I learned that I could succeed.

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Lynchburg, VA.- The record lows Central Virginia has experienced over the last couple of weeks has also set a record demand on plumber's daily calls. Adam Jewell, who has worked for his father's company "Randy the Plumber and Son," says he can't keep up with the call volume.

The weather has been so icy that he's foregoing his company's traditional "plumber's van," and running plumber's calls in a Subaru. "I've been working out of the Subaru all week, just trying to get to as many people as I can. I get better traction, especially as I get out to the rural areas."

He says he can't remember a deep freeze when so many plumbers were in such demand. "There's lines that are 50 years old that have never had an issue. That are breaking this year. Things that never freeze are freezing."

He scribbles away on a worn out paper pad from the bowels of a basement as he repairs this homeowner's frozen pipes. Trying to schedule one customer on top of another, but it's hard as his phone continuously rings and he's trying to keep up with calls from customers who he says have tried every plumber in the book and then the friends who are asking for help too. "I've had customers who have been without water for over a week."

Jewell says if your pipes haven't burst by now, you're probably okay, but he says many customers forget how very cold a basement can get in these temperatures. So, he encourages home owners to warm up their crawl spaces and basements. Heat tape is a good way to warm up pipes in frigid temps. Jewell says many customers end up calling him back after he repairs a broken line and it freezes or bursts again. If that does happen he has one very handy tip: Know how to cut your water off. That alone can prevent huge water bills after a leaky pipe goes off.

And before you get desperate, have a list of plumbers to choose from. Check out their credentials. Make sure your plumber is licensed, bonded and insured. Be wary of hiring anyone who is soliciting business without proper licensing or referrals. For more information check out our link below.

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A LIFELONG plumber from Cam died from exposure to asbestos over a number of years, an inquest was told.

Peter Hamilton, 80, of Hollywell Road, Cam, had a history of occupational exposure to asbestos, Gloucestershire Coroner's Court heard on Tuesday, February 24.

Senior Coroner for Gloucestershire Katy Skerrett said: "He complained to his GP of shortness of breath and weight loss in November of 2012 and medical examinations revealed a large tumour consistent with malignant mesothelioma.

"Although he was a lifelong non-smoker he had worked in the plumbing and heating industry for various companies for a number of years.

"In October 2013 it was clear that the disease was progressing and on January 16, 2014, when seen by a specialist, Mr Hamilton declined a course of chemotherapy.

"He died at his home on June 22 last year.

"The cause of death was clearly malignant mesothelioma and as he had a significant history of exposure to asbestos in his occupation my conclusion is one of death from industrial disease."

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