JUST DESSERTS
18 MONTHS’ JAIL FOR LEEDS MAN WHO RAN OFF AFTER CRASHING INTO UBER CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES
A man who fled the scene after seriously injuring a cabbie and a passenger when he collided with an Uber has been sent to prison. The Yorkshire Evening Post reports that Jack White ran from the crash scene despite the two victims being trapped in the wreckage. The female passenger suffered horrific, life-changing, facial injuries as a result of the incident in Leeds. White, 26, was jailed for 18 months at Leeds Crown Court after pleading
guilty to two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and one of having no insurance. The incident hap- pened in Decem- ber 2019, as the Uber, approached a junction. White, who was travelling in the opposite direction drove on the wrong side of the road causing the crash. White and his passengers ran from the
car but the defendant was arrested after his DNA was found on an airbag. The driver suffered fractures to his wrist and collar bone as well as pain and swelling to his neck, wrist and ribs. The passenger has been left with permanent scarring and is now afraid to travel on the road. White, who does not hold a driving licence, also claims not to be able to recall anything about the incident. White was also banned from driving for five years and nine months.
12 MONTHS’ JAIL FOR PASSENGER WHO BROKE WAKEFIELD CABBIE’S NOSE IN UNPROVOKED ATTACK
A passenger who attacked a taxi driver in Wakefield and left him with a broken nose has been locked up. Leeds Crown Court was told that Imran Mohammed Zaman, 38, had called for the cab on 21 September to take him home. During the journey, he kept saying to the driver “you know me”, but the driver denied ever seeing him before. As the car pulled up the driver turned to
collect the money and Zaman began hit- ting him and then got out and went round to the driver’s side, punched him again to the head and kicked his legs. The driver was taken to hospital and found that his nose had been broken. Zaman was arrested and took full responsibility, but said he only attacked after the driver had insulted him, which was dismissed in court. He admitted a
charge of assault occasioning ABH. In mitigation it was said: “Drug use has a clear impact on his behaviour.” The court was told he has 33 convic- tions for 46 offences and had “repeated breaches” of court orders, so the Judge told him he “could not have confidence” that further orders would be fulfilled, so handed him a 12-month jail term.
16 MONTHS’ JAIL FOR TEEN WHO GRABBED LEYLAND CABBIE BY THE THROAT BEFORE TAKING EVERYTHING
A teenager who robbed a taxi driver has been sentenced to a year and four months in a young offenders institute. According to LancsLive, Ryan Gardner, 18, was with three others when they got in the taxi in Leyland in December 2020. The group asked to be taken to Leigh but the driver asked for payment upfront due to the distance involved. When a bank card was declined they were asked to get out of the vehicle, Claire Brocklebank, prosecuting, told Preston Crown Court.
DECEMBER 2021
Gardner then reached across from the back seat and grabbed the driver by the throat, shouting “rob him, rob him”. Another male went through the driver’s pockets, and they made off with the driver’s takings, mobile phone, his dash cam, car keys and PDA device, but returned with Gardner saying: “give us £40 or £50
and you can have your keys back.” Another male said: “Give us the money or I’ll stab you, I’ll stab your heart.” The driver suffered bruising to his cheek and a bloodshot eye. He managed to alert the police who traced the booking call back to Gardner’s mobile phone. Judge Philip Parry said Gardner has a number of previous convictions includ- ing burglary of a bed-ridden disabled man and an attempted robbery of another taxi driver.
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