TERROR TIMES
REDCAR DRIVER HAD HOSPITAL TREATMENT AFTER BEING PUNCHED BY SUSPECTED FARE DODGER
A taxi driver needed hospital treatment after he was reportedly punched in the face
by a
suspected fare dodger. Police said the attack took place in the car park of Roseberry Shopping
Centre in Redcar and left the driver with minor facial injuries. Cleveland Police confirmed on Saturday, July 1, at around 10.10pm the driver was assaulted and required hospital treatment.
A force spokesperson said: “The 29- year-old man was punched to the face by a passenger, who had reportedly not paid his fare. Police are appealing for witnesses to call 101, quoting number 129088.
MAN ARRESTED AFTER ‘TAXI DRIVER HELD AT KNIFEPOINT’ AS CLEVELAND POLICE CALLED
A man has been arrested after a ‘disturbance’ between a taxi driver and another car. Police were called to Westbury Street in Thornaby on 10 July, shortly after 9pm following reports of a disturbance between two
vehicles on the road, one of which was a taxi. Witnesses in the area at the time claimed that a “taxi driver [was] held at knife point” during the incident and while he had not been injured he was left “shaken”
by the ordeal. Now,
Cleveland Police has
confirmed that a 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of affray and possession of an offensive weapon. He was questioned by officers.
BOLTON PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER PELTED WITH STONES AND MUD ON JOB
A private hire driver has spoken out after being attacked “because of the signage” on his car while trying to go about his job in Bolton. The driver, a man in his thirties from Bolton, was on his way to the Co-Op in Bromley Cross on July 7 between 9.30 and 10pm, when he received a call from the passenger asking that the pickup location be changed. He went to Bromley Cross Train Station, where his car was among four vehicles waiting there, but the others were normal cars. The driver was then shocked when a group of around seven youths pelted mud and stones at his car. A number of stones were thrown, all missing, but the vehicle was left covered in mud. The driver left work and has not
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returned since. He said: “It was very stressful, I have not been back to work since because I am still stressed. “It is the third time something like this has happened. I do not want to go to work, what is the point of going when it is so stressful. “They were all youths, there were about seven of them, something like that, they were aged 12, 13, 14.
“The incident lasted a few minutes, traffic came to a stand still and they ran away. “I have reported it to the police. I told them there is CCTV at Bromley Cross Train Station.” He said that his car was the only one out of the ones there to be targeted. He added: “I was targeted solely because of the signage on my vehicle identifying it as a private hire vehicle.” The incident was reported to Greater Manchester Police who said the enquiry is now closed. This comes amid ongoing concern about attacks on taxi and PH drivers, with GMP last year having launched Operation Claim which aimed to tackle attacks on licensed vehicles across the city region.
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