article_snippet: In a victim statement read out in court, Mr Smith said the potential damage to Mr Smith business's reputation could have been 'catastrophic', and that Baker could have ruined the future of the restaurant that Mr Smith had spent seven years building up.
article_snippet: Mr Smith was also banned from going to the restaurant for a year.
article_snippet: Chairman of the bench, Derek Moss, said: 'This is a very serious matter as what you have done here could in a split-second have ruined Mr Smith's business, which Mr Smith has worked for years to build up a reputation for.'
article_snippet: Speaking after the case, Mr Smith branded Bakerscum', and said Mr Smith deserved to be punished.
article_snippet: The 47-year-old said: 'Mr Smith is just the scum of the earth.
article_snippet: Mr Smith could have destroyed the reputation I have built up over seven years. '
article_snippet: People like Mr Smith deserve the death penalty.'
article_snippet: 'As far as I'm concerned, Mr Smith shouldn't be in our society.
article_snippet: Mr Smith is no use to anybody and Mr Smith's caused nothing but grief. '
highlights_snippet: Owner Ken Smith says people like Christopher Bakerdeserve the death penalty' 