This is the brutal moment a DHL driver physically assaulted a couple using boxing moves over a parking row.
The dispute erupted in Herne, Germany, when a couple questioned the driver over his vehicle which was allegedly parked illegally.
The altercation began with the exchange of insults, with the driver saying to the couple: ‘I’m working here, and you call me “monkey”? If you’re a man, put on your boxing gloves and we’ll go spar,’ according to a translation by German newspaper BILD.
‘I’m working, you can’t hit it like that,’ the driver said, after the man, 54, presumably struck his van.
But what began as a verbal argument swiftly escalated into violence, as the delivery driver landed his first punch on the 42-year-old woman.
‘Take your hands off me. Get in, don’t come near me,’ the woman shouted, with her partner adding: ‘Take your hand off my wife’s face, my friend, really quick.’
‘Do you want to hit me?’ the driver taunted, prompting the woman to reply: ‘Do you think I have a problem with that? You shouldn’t try that, you won’t survive, get in your car.’
But the delivery driver carried on the heated exchange: ‘I’m a boxer, but I had a nose job, I can’t hit myself.’
The dispute erupted in Herne, Germany , when a couple questioned the driver over his vehicle which was allegedly parked illegally
Suddenly, the delivery driver lost control, striking the woman in the face four times
The incident happened on August 6 at approximately 4:30 pm on Hospitalstraße in Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia
The woman said mockingly back: ‘Then put on your boxing gloves, you c*********. You won’t survive if you get in the ring with me.’
Suddenly, the delivery driver lost control, striking the woman in the face four times.
Footage filmed from a bystander’s phone shows the woman stumble backwards and try to grab onto the car, but the driver continues his avalanche of aggressive punches.
The driver also attacks the woman’s partner – at one point hitting him so hard that he fell over the hedge. He also threatened a nearby resident who was filming as the horrific scene unfolded.
The incident happened on August 6 at approximately 4:30 pm on Hospitalstraße in Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Police spokesperson Marco Bischoff said: ‘The woman sustained minor injuries and had to be treated as an outpatient at the hospital.’
Officers are investigating the incident and have seen the footage.
The suspect is reportedly already known to the police for assault, theft, and property damage.
Footage filmed from a bystander’s phone shows the woman stumble backwards and try to grab onto the car, but the driver continues his avalanche of aggressive punches
The driver also attacks the woman’s partner – at one point hitting him so hard that he fell over the hedge
He has allegedly been dismissed from his job.
A spokesperson for DHL told the German publication about the video: ‘We are shocked by what is shown in it. As a company, we firmly reject any form of violence and aggressive behavior. Neither at the time of hiring nor at any later point did we have any indication that the former employee was known to the police or had even committed a crime.’
