JUST DESERTS
FOUR-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR CAMBS MAN WHO STOLE TAXI AT KNIFEPOINT
A Papworth Everard man has been jailed for four years after a “terrifying” midnight robbery where he held a knife to an Uber driver’s neck. Jason Edgar, 40, summoned the PHV to Riverside Road in Huntingdon just after midnight on November 28, but the journey quickly turned into a life- threatening ordeal for the driver. After initially trying to pull the driver out of his seat, Edgar
climbed into the back of the car and pressed a blade against the victim’s throat. He ordered the driver to shut off the car’s CCTV cameras and forced him to drive toward Cambourne. Once they reached Ermine Street South, Edgar told the man he was
stealing the car and demanded the keys. The driver, a man in his 40s who “feared for his life,” handed over the vehicle and walked away to call for help. Police were able to track Edgar down in the early hours of the morning and was arrested. On Friday, March 13, at Huntingdon Law Courts, Edgar was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to robbery and possession of a knife.
VIOLENT DRUNK GIVEN 80 WEEKS IN JAIL FOR TERRIFYING RACIAL ATTACK ON DURHAM CABBIE
A drunk passenger subjected a Durham cabbie to a violent, racially-fuelled assault. Jonathan Olley, 38, lashed out at the driver on a trip from the city centre to West Cornforth after the cabbie struggled to locate the address. The court heard that Olley was so
heavily intoxicated at the start of the journey that the driver insisted on a £20 upfront pay- ment. As the trip progressed, Olley’s behaviour turned aggressive. He
JAIL FOR RENFREW THUG WHO POINTED REPLICA PISTOL AT DRIVER’S FACE
A 31-year-old man who threatened to shoot a PH driver in the head during a “terrifying” confrontation has been jailed for 26 months. Gary Todd was high on street Valium when he pointed an airsoft pistol, designed to look like a real American self-loading handgun, at driver Mr. Awais. The incident began at midnight on December 1, when the driver refused to allow a dog into his vehicle. The court heard that Todd became aggressive, shouting and swearing
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at the driver for rejecting the pet. During the assault, Todd brand- ished the gold-coloured replica and made racist threats. The driver fled and called for help, leading police to declare a firearms emergency and seal off the road. Armed officers stormed a property after Todd tried to evade capture by climbing through a window. The replica gun was recovered and found to be broken. The Sheriff told Todd: “This is an offence of the utmost seriousness.”
snatched the driver’s phone and launched a physical assault, punching the man repeatedly in the head and face, knocking his glasses off. During the struggle, Olley reportedly threatened to kill the driver and his family if he was not taken to his destination. The victim was left with facial injuries and was described as being “trapped” in his own vehicle during the ordeal. While Olley’s defence argued that he was an alcoholic with no memory of the incident and felt “ashamed” of his actions, the judge emphasised the vulnerability of the driver, who was forced to continue the journey in a lonely area with no help nearby. Olley, of Gateshead, pleaded guilty to
racially aggravated assault
causing actual bodily harm. As Olley was already serving a suspended sentence, the judge handed down a total of 80 weeks in prison for the assault and the breach of his previous court order.
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