TERROR TIMES
MEN FROM WOKING WANTED OVER VIOLENT HEATHROW AIRPORT ATTACK OF CABBIE
A taxi driver at Heathrow Airport has been seriously injured following an ‘unprovoked’ assault as he waited to collect a passenger. Met Police investigating the attack are appealing for help to identify two men wanted in connection with the assault on January 10. The assault left the victim with multiple fractures to his face. The two men are believed to have travelled to Heathrow on a bus from Woking. The victim was waiting to collect a passenger at the arrivals hall at Heathrow Terminal 5. While there, he was approached by two men
who engaged in an apparently unprovoked verbal altercation with the victim, and then one of men punched him in the face, causing him to fall to the ground. Police and medical staff were called and attended shortly after,
but the two men had made off by that time. As a result of the assault, the victim was left with fractures to his eye and nose. Investigating officer DC Ben Benlounes, from the Met’s Aviation Policing Command, said: “This was a violent and unprovoked attack, which has left the victim with very serious injuries to his face. “We’re now releasing these images to see if anyone can help us. Anyone who has information about the two men or about the assault have been asked to contact police by calling 101 and quote reference 1000114/24.
CABBIE REVEALS MAD ORDEAL AFTER BEING STABBED OVER £20 FARE IN STOKE-ON-TRENT
A taxi driver has spoken about the terrifying ordeal he faced after being stabbed by a knife-wielding clubber over a £20 fare. Darren Dale was attacked on the morning of March 16, leaving him with several stab wounds. He picked his passenger up from Stoke-on-Trent city centre and the 53-year-old initially described the man as ‘chatty’. However the situation suddenly escalated when they pulled up. Darren said the passenger started to “threaten” him so he leapt out of the car. Darren said: “At this point I thought ‘Oh my God, what am I going to do.’ I went towards him and pushed him away. That’s when he swiped at me. It was a very mad ordeal.”
The dad-of-one, managed to reverse out of the cul-de-sac after
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getting back in his car. He explained: “I wanted to keep him in sight, he followed me up the road. I was on the phone to the emergency services and I could feel my shirt getting wetter and wetter with blood.” Staffordshire Police and West Midlands Ambulance Service found Darrenand he was taken to hospital. Medics told Darren he had a lucky escape. He added: “I have two cuts on my
head in two different directions, one of them is very deep. I also got a stab wound in my side. They said I was lucky that it hit one of my ribs. It was terrible.” The driver had never experienced anything like that before in his 23 years of being a cabbie in the city. He added: “I’ve had all sorts of ordeals in the past, people running off not paying the fare, people being sick in the car and not paying for the mess, but I’ve never experienced anything on this scale. “All my family are saddened by it. Everybody is upset it happened.” A police spokesman said: “We arrested an 18-year-old man, from Stoke-on-Trent, on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm, criminal damage and robbery. “He has been released on police bail while enquiries continue.”
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