VIDEO: U.S. 'winemaker' assaults Australian bus driver

Samuel Alan Smith, 27, left 57-year-old John Olsen with a broken nose, black eyes and cuts to his face after he attacked him at Scarborough Crescent, North Bondi, around 3.40am on September 23.

Smith, who was working as a sommelier at Sydney's prestigious Testsuyas restaurant, lashed out at Mr Olsen after refusing to get off the bus at the end of its route.

He admitted hitting Mr Olsen but told police that the bus driver had started the attack despite Smith not suffering any injuries.

Magistrate Jacqui Milledge told Smith, who comes from a well-known wine-making family in California's Napa Valley, that "it was an attack on a vulnerable person".

"Bus drivers are vulnerable and passengers need to behave," she said.

Smith was sentenced to nine months jail but has said he will appeal the sentence.

John Olsen, who has been assaulted 11 times, has since retired.

[link to news.ninemsn.com.au]

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Tsk Tsk...now,now Australians...you must behave yourselves