TERROR TIMES..
JARROWCABBIE HAS CAR TORCHED DAYS BEFORE GOING BACK TO WORK
A taxi driver who has been out of work since the Covid-19 outbreak had his car torched a week before he was due to go back to work. Graeme Weedy, 47, is now facing unem- ployment after a suspected arson attack on his own driveway in Jarrow. In the early hours of Sunday 5 July, Graeme heard voic- es, then three big bangs and looked out of his window to see two men had set fire to his taxi. The blaze then spread to his three bins, which caught alight and melted. The car has been written off.
CABBIE OUT OF HOSPITAL AFTER ATTACK AT IRVINE CAR PARK
Graeme Weedy and his burnt out car
But Graeme said the outcome could have been much worse. “The bins were against my down- stairs window and if me and my wife were asleep it would have been a differ- ent story as I believe my house would
have caught alight,” he said. Graeme shouted at the men who ran off. For now, self-em- ployed Graeme, who is also recovering from a heart attack in April, will have to continue living off Universal Credit.
BRAVE COLCHESTER DRIVER FIGHTS OFF KNIFE ATTACKER
A brave taxi driver has fought off an attack by a man who threatened him with a knife. The attacker had asked the driver to take him to Stansted Airport. But when the man got into the
car around 1am on Friday 24 July, in North Station Road, Colchester, he held a blade held to the cabbie. The driver managed to get him out of the car and called police who arrested a suspect
within ten minutes. Gbolahan Adelabu, 18, from Kilburn has since been charged with threatening a person with a blade and is due at Ipswich Crown Court on Friday August 21.
ARMED POLICE SEIZE FIREARM FROM MINICAB IN SOUTH LONDON
A revolver which had been concealed in a bandana was seized after armed police stopped a taxi in south London on 14 July, as part of an ongoing investi- gation. Both men, aged 22 and 18, were arrested on
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suspicion of posses- sion of a firearm with intent to endanger. They re- mained in custody at a south London police station. Once recovered, the firearm was made safe and sent off for testing.
Detective Constable Rob Smith said: “As a result of this inves- tigation, a danger- ous weapon has been taken off the streets. This weapon could have easily gone on to seriously injure, or even kill, somebody.”
A taxi driver is now out of hospital fol- lowing a parking row in the East Lane car park, Irvine, which resulted in him being savagely attacked and sus- taining a broken hip. The attack, on 1 June, happened after the cabbie, 64, asked a female driv- er to move her car, believed to be a pur- ple Skoda, which was blocking his
driveway. When he got out of his car to enter his house, a male pas- senger got out of the Skoda and punched the taxi driver on the head, knocking him down to the ground. He was assisted by passers-by, including an off-duty police officer, before an ambulance arrived. A resident said: “I can’t understand
anyone wanting to hurt someone quite so bad. He just hit him down and dived in the car and they drove off.” The cabbie suffered- bruising to the face, cuts, a grazed arm and a broken hip. Enquiries are still ongoing, with CID issuing an appeal for anyone who may have dash-cam footage to contact them.
‘VERY UGLY’ OLD PASSENGER CAUSED ILKESTON PHV DRIVER TO CRASH
A PHV driver is appealing for help after police en- quiries have stalled in relation to an inci- dent that occurred on 15 December. The driver, who asked not to be named, claims he picked up an elderly couple from Ilkeston who asked to be taken to Eastwood. On the way the driv- er and the male passenger got into an argument about the fare and after going to a cash machine on Alexan- dra Street in East- wood the woman got out of the car with the dispute between the men escalating. The driver said: “I told him I could not waste any more time, I wouldn’t charge him but return him to Ilkeston for another taxi.” On the return jour- ney, as the driver
approached the junction of Notting- ham Road and Dovecote Road at around 6.20pm, the passenger grabbed the wheel and steered the car into a wall then a parked car. The passenger then ran off and the traumatised driver had to give up the pursuit. The driver said of his passenger: “It is quite clear that he is a liar and a very dangerous individu- al without any regard for life. He was prepared to cause wanton dam-
age to other peo- ple’s property to defraud a taxi driv- er.” He added: “The man was likely in his 70s, of average build, six feet tall and can only be described as very ugly. He said his name was Mr Brown, but this may be wrong as he had lied profusely.” He said: “If you wit- nessed this crash, have heard some- one bragging that he’d crashed a taxi, or may be able to identify the passen- gers, please contact the police.”
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