TERROR TIMES
SWANSEA TRADE UNITES TO SUPPORT PH DRIVER SERIOUSLY INJURED IN VICIOUS KNIFE ATTACK
In the early hours of Wednesday 29 June, a PH driver working for Yellow Cabs received a job to pick up two customers. Upon arrival at their destina- tion, in the Mayhill area of Swansea, the occupants attempted to rob him. Sadly the driver was stabbed six times sustaining serious injuries to an artery in his leg, groin and back. Thankfully members of the public inter- vened and gave the driver essential first aid which saved his life. He was rushed to hospital where he
underwent eight hours of surgery. Detective chief inspector Mike Owens said: “An 18-year-old man from Caerau, Cardiff, has been arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent and is current- ly in police custody. “Enquiries are continuing to ascertain the full circumstances of the incident and to identify other suspects.” PHTM was contacted by Rhys Hearn, a night manager at a rival Swansea taxi firm, to ask if we would share the story and the link to the Just Giving page to
help support this driver during his long road to recovery. He wrote: “I’ve decided to help his firm get a fund raiser set up to raise money for his family, he’s self-employed so his mortgage and other bills still need to get paid. Put politics and all other competitive BS to one side and all come together and unite to help.” PLEASE SHARE JUST GIVING LINK:
https://bit.ly/3R5pyuh PHTM wishes the driver a speedy recovery.
GRIMSBY CABBIES SAY TROUBLE NOT JUST A NUNSTHORPE PROBLEM AFTER SHOCKING SHOOTING
Grimsby cabbies say they feel vulnera- ble to attack in many areas of the town dismissing ideas of recent trouble as a Nunsthorpe problem. According to the Grimsby Telegraph, long-serving taxi drivers said the shooting on the Nunsthorpe estate on Wednesday 6 July, and the criminal damage to a taxi on Oxford Street “can happen anywhere.” It is believed a taxi had been called to pick up two young men on the Wednesday evening and was in Sutcliffe Avenue when a moped pulled up alongside. It is thought the two men were in the rear passenger seats when a shot was fired, possibly from a shot- gun, into the car. The front windscreen of a taxi on Oxford Street was shattered at around 5pm. Humberside Police say 11 people have now been arrested in connection with the shooting. One driver who has worked in Grimsby for many years said: “You regularly get stones or eggs thrown at the vehicle. There is no protection for us what- soever. If you ever tried to sort it out yourself, we would be the ones to get into trouble.
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“I have been attacked with a full bottle of vodka when someone said they wanted taking to Nunsthorpe for a fiver. I said it would cost whatever it said on the meter or they had to get out.
“So I told them to get out. One of them kicked my wing mirror and another came at me with a bottle of vodka which was full. I legged it. “When I got back to the station they turned up again but did not realise there was a policewoman watching and she arrested one of them. “Taxi drivers are often the target. In other towns and cities you have a warden on the rank, but there’s nothing in Grimsby.”
He added: “You can’t say its just Nunsthorpe or anywhere else. You can’t discriminate. You get trouble in some of the posh areas.” Another driver, who has been taxiing for 12 years said: “It is shocking what happened and how things are going in certain areas. There have always been problems in certain parts of the town, you get stones thrown near the bridge at Wintringham Road. “The trouble goes in spits and spats. It is usually mindless vandalism. I wouldn’t say I would not go to an area of the town. I’ve not had problems on Nunsthorpe. It has been good to us over the years. “But when you spend so much on your vehicle and end up off the road it causes big financial problems. “A lot of the firms are struggling to get drivers without all this trouble.” In his most recent statement issued on Saturday, senior Investigating Officer DCI Craig Nicholson said: “We are doing everything we can to understand exactly what happened, why it happened and who is responsible so that we can bring them to justice for their actions.”
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