<p>A raging café owner was fined and banned from entering a flower shop after he battered two florists in a row over SMOKING.</p><p>Businessman Rebaz Tahir, 44, attacked Gregg Kitson and Julie Bennett who run Hopmarket Flowers in Worcester. </p><p>Tahir, who owns the Black & White café next door, punched the couple several times leaving them with cuts and bruises on October 2 last year. </p><p>He flipped after the florists complained about Tahir’s staff smoking outside which was drifting into their shop.</p><p>Ms Bennett, 55, told a court Tahir was “snarling” when he attacked Mr Kitson by "pounding him and pummelling him" like a "wild animal".</p><p>Cancer survivor Ms Bennett was also punched in the face as the pair desperately tried to force Tahir to leave their shop. </p><p>Mr Kitson, 67, who had suffered a stroke just two weeks before the attack, was left bloodied and bruised and needed hospital treatment.</p><p>He said doctors told him the attack had slowed down his recovery from his stroke and their business was closed for four weeks. </p><p>Tahir was found guilty of two counts of assault by beating after a trial at Worcester Magistrates Court on Monday (4/7).</p>