JUST DESERTS
TWO TEENAGERS JAILED FOR A COMBINED EIGHT YEARS AFTER STOMPING ON GRAYS CABBIE
Two teenagers were jailed for a combined eight years after ruthlessly dragging a taxi driver out of his car and stomping on him repeatedly in Grays. Edward Wall, 19 from Stanford-le- Hope and Ollie McKenzie, 19, from Grays were charged with grievous bodily harm for an attack near the Wharf Pub, Grays at around 11.30pm on May 19, 2022. Wall was also charged on two counts of ABH for attacking two victims at the Inn on the Green Pub in Stanford-le-Hope. The pair attended Basildon Crown Court on July 13, and were sentenced by Judge Ian Graham.
by what happened to him. At around 11pm on May 19, 2022, Wall and McKenzie were drinking at the Wharf with two others when a call to a taxi company was made by a woman unconnected to the case.
Judge Graham said: “You both left the victim seriously injured and then fled the scene. “It is clear from the photos that the victim had been given a serious beating. “It is clear from the victim statements he is still badly affected
COMMUNITY ORDER FOR CARLISLE MUM WHO PUSHED CABBIE
A Carlisle mum involved in a row over an open car door which blocked a pavement reacted badly, pushing the taxi driver involved. Charlotte Fell, 33, later said she was disgusted with her reaction but on the day in question she had visited her mum’s grave and suffered “a breakdown.” The defendant pleaded guilty to a racially aggravated common assault. The city’s Rickergate court heard that Fell was walking along the pavement on the street where she lives when she encountered an open taxi door, which was blocking her route along the pavement. After a verbal exchange with the cabbie, who did not close the door, she “pushed” him, the court heard. She also used a racial slur. The man
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was not injured. A probation worker said Fell’s version of the incident was that she had “politely” asked the taxi driver two or three times to close the door but he and the person who was in the car ignored her. The man had first looked away, then got out of the car and said something to her, though she could not recall what. “This seems to have been the trigger,” said the probation officer, leading to the push. The worker added that Fell had family contacts of Pakistani origin, and she had no deep-seated racial feelings. Magistrates imposed a 12- month community order, with ten rehabilitation activity days, a £50 fine, £85 costs and a £114 victim surcharge.
The cab arrived at 11.30pm as the driver, who was also the victim, made two attempts to contact the woman who made the call. A group of four men including the two defendants come outside and entered the taxi claiming they knew the woman who called. Wall entered the front seat with McKenzie entering the rear and the victim asked for a £13 deposit whilst explaining the deposit policy to the group. Wall responded aggressively and the victim stopped after a few yards of driving, putting up his handbrake. The victim was punched by Wall three or four times in the head and was also attacked by the group in the back. He was then dragged out of his vehicle and stomped on repeatedly by the group before they fled the scene. The victim suffered several injuries including a fractured left eye socket and nasal bone fractures, with his eye closed for more than a week from swelling. Wall was also charged with beating two victims in Stanford-le- Hope, knocking one out on April 15, 2022.
Judge Graham sentenced Wall to five years imprisonment for the GBH and ABH charges and Mckenzie was jailed for three years and nine months.
AUGUST 2023 PHTM
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