JUST DESERTS
6 YEARS 9 MONTHS’ JAIL FOR KNIFE WIELDING SHEFFIELD ROBBER WHO TOOK CABBIE’S CAR
A knife-wielding robber has been jailed after he took a taxi driver’s car before crashing into other vehicles. The Star reports that Doncaster Crown Court heard on 17 March, that Dale James Hutchinson, 32, from Sheffield, approached the cabbie near his address and pulled out a knife and fol- lowing a struggle he took the taxi and was involved in several collisions. Recorder Meghan Rhys told Hutchin- son: “He was terrified he was going to be killed. You came up to him and pro- duced a large knife which you used to threaten him.” David Bradshaw, prosecuting, said
Hutchinson had pulled out the kitchen knife and demanded to know where the money was but the com- plainant resisted and was slashed across his wrist as he was dragged out and the defendant fled in the vehicle. Hutchinson collided with a station- ary car and as the complainant hung on to the taxi the defendant collided with a garden fence but as the cabbie fell Hutchinson struck two more vehicles as he drove away.
Police spotted the taxi and after Hutchinson ran off, the vehicle burst into flames. When the defendant was detained he was found with the taxi driver’s credit card, Sat-Nav and keys. Hutchinson pleaded guilty to robbery, possessing a bladed article, dangerous driving and driving without insurance after the incident on October 7, 2021. Recorder Rhys said: “Taxi drivers pro- vide a valuable service to the public but the very nature of their job means that they are vulnerable.” She sentenced Hutchinson to six years and nine months’ jail and disqualified him from driving for 59 months .
SUSPENDED SENTENCE FOR WORCESTER BRICKLAYER’S RACIST TAXI SLUR AND POLICE SPIT ATTACK
Binge-drinking’ bricklayer, Martin Davis has walked free from Worcester Magis- trates’ Court after making racist and homophobic comments, smashing up a taxi and spitting on a police officer. Worcester News reports that The 50- year-old from Worcester, pleaded
guilty to racially or religiously aggra- vated intentional harassment against Qazar Hussain on December 16 last year. The chairman of the bench described the offensive comments to the taxi driver as ‘a vile racial slur’. Davis also admitted criminal damage
MAN WHO PUNCHED THREE BRADFORD CABBIES IN THE HEAD ESCAPES JAIL
A man who punched three Bradford cabbies in the head while bilking them out of their fares has been spared an immediate custodial sentence. The Telegraph and Argus reports that Byron Rushforth, 20, from Preston, pleaded guilty to assaulting a taxi driv- er by beating him and making off without paying his £22.50 fare on October 12 last year; assaulting a sec- ond cab driver and causing him actual bodily harm, assaulting two police offi- cers by spitting on them, and making off without payment on December 5;
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and assaulting a third cabbie by beat- ing him, and making off without payment on December 14. Recorder Judy Dawson said taxi drivers had to trust their passengers. They let complete strangers into their cars, often at night when no one else was around, making them vulnerable. Rushforth was sentenced to eight months in a young offender institution, suspended for two years, with 280 hours of unpaid work. He must attend a nine- month alcohol treatment programme and 35 rehabilitation activity days.
to the taxi partition and assault by beating against emergency worker, PC Handley, by spitting on him. Sumreen Afsar, prosecuting, had viewed body worn footage of the inci- dent. “When he does spit at the officer there’s a suggestion he has got Covid and the officer says ‘charming - so you spat at me and now you’re telling me you’ve got Covid.” A probation officer interviewed Davis before he was sentenced. Magistrates sentenced Davis to 24 months in prison suspended for 12 months, 100 hours of unpaid work and alcohol abstinence monitoring by way of a tag, compensation of £1,242 to the taxi driver for the damage and £100 for the distress caused by the racial slu- rand £100 to the officer he spat on. Davis must also pay £185 costs and a £128 victim surcharge.
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