TERROR TIMES
WILD WEST SHOOTINGS WORCESTER PHV DRIVER LUCKY NOT TO BE HURT AS HE IS SHOT AT
A PHV driver says he is lucky he was not badly injured after someone shot at him during a spate of ‘wild west’ shoot- ings in Worcester. Faust Mazzocchi was behind the wheel of his Mercedes Vito in Whittington, Worcester near junction 7 (Worcester South) of the M5 when he heard ‘an almighty loud noise’. Fortunately, there were no passengers in his nine-seater private hire van at the time of the incident on Monday after- noon, 27 June. West Mercia Police is hunting the driver of a white BMW 3 Series after a similar attacks across the city the same day which officers believe are linked. The 61-year-old driver was around 30 to 40 metres away from the motorway
“I couldn’t believe it - it looked like a bullet hole. I wasn’t frightened for my life but I was a bit shocked by how loud the noise was.
“If that bullet had come through at a different angle it could have hit me in the back of the head,” he said.
roundabout, bound for Birmingham Airport, when he heard the shocking sound.
He said: “I thought something had fallen on my vehicle. I looked in the rear view mirror and saw the rear windscreen was shattered. Then I saw a hole.” He pulled over and dialled 999.
Mr Mazzocchi said he waited 45 minutes but nobody from West Mercia Police arrived. In the end, he could not wait any longer and had to leave to continue his work. “It’s crazy. It could have been so much worse. That’s why I think it’s a serious thing,” he said.
TEENAGER STABBED INVERNESS CABBIE WITH SCREWDRIVERS IN UNPROVOKED HORROR ATTACK
A teenager stabbed an Inverness cabbie with screwdrivers the High Court in Glasgow has been told. According to the Inverness Courier, the thug also told his victim he would blind him during the terrifying attack. The then 16-year-old carried out the unprovoked attack on the PHV driver in Inverness last July. The 44-year-old had confronted the boy after fearing he and a friend were going to flee without paying. The now 17-year-old – who cannot be named due to his age – pleaded guilty on 13 June, to assaulting the victim to his injury and danger of life as well as attempting to rob him. The High Court in Glasgow heard how the private hire driver picked up the boy and his female friend in the early hours of July 7. During the journey, the girl claimed she had forgotten her bank card and asked to return to where they had been collected.
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Prosecutor Greg Farrell said the taxi driver became “suspicious” that they would not pay the fare. He agreed to go back, but only if one of the pair remained in the car. They returned, the girl got out and then the boy followed. Mr Farrell said the driver advised them to pay or he would call police. The teenager initially claimed he would stump up, but then “without warning” punched the cabbie and screamed: “Give me money!” Mr Farrell said the driver tried to re-enter his vehicle, but the accused swung his arms while making repeated stabbing motions and saying ‘I will make you blind’. The driver struggled with the boy and observed he had a screwdriver in each hand. He managed to grab one of the tools, but the teenager continued the attack with the other. The driver was also choked as the thug sat on top of him.
The teenager went on to hold the screwdriver at the cabbie’s eyes as he still demanded money. The taxi driver eventually managed to escape back to his vehicle before the boy smashed a window. Nearby residents who witnessed the horror attack raced out to help the injured cabbie with two bravely restraining the attacker while waiting for police. After the victim was rushed to hospital, he was found to have a number of wounds to his neck, head and back. He luckily did not need surgery and was able to leave hospital later that day. The attacker meantime was quizzed by police and stated: “F*****g hell, lying b*****d.” The teenager is currently held in a secure unit in Paisley, Renfrewshire. Lady Stacey adjourned sentencing for reports.
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