SHAME SHAME
HALLOWEEN HORROR AS CABBIE STABS GRANDAD WITH SCREWDRIVER IN DARWEN ROAD RAGE CLASH
A 70-year-old taxi driver has been sentenced after stabbing a grandad with a screwdriver during a violent road rage confrontation over right of way on Halloween night, Preston Crown Court heard. Tariq Mahmood, of Blackburn, came face-to-face with his victim on a double-parked street in Darwen shortly before 9pm on October 31, 2022. The court heard neither driver was willing to give way, leading to a tense stand-off. The grandad, whose stepson and grandson were also in his vehicle, got out and kicked the wing mirror of Mahmood’s taxi. In response, Mahmood got a screwdriver and approached the other car, intend- ing to damage the paintwork. A scuffle began when the other
driver confronted Mahmood, during which the taxi driver stabbed the man “two or three times to the side of his torso”. Mahmood initially claimed self- defence but later pleaded guilty to ABH and possession of an offen- sive weapon. The court was told he has since lost his taxi licence. Sentencing Mahmood, Judge Richard Gioserano stressed the seriousness of escalating a road rage incident with a weapon, particularly given the presence of a child and issued a stark warning that this would normally result in going to prison.” While accepting the other driver damaged the wing mirror first, the Judge stated Mahmood should have called the police instead of
seeking revenge. “I accept you took the screwdriver only intending to damage the car, not the man himself but once you did that, the risk did escalate by him trying to stop you,” he said. The Judge concluded: “You are lucky he wasn’t more seriously hurt. If he had been, you would be going to prison.” Mahmood was sentenced to a two- year community order with 30 days of rehabilitation activities and 60 hours’ unpaid work. Addressing the loss of his livelihood, the Judge added: “You have now lost your taxi licence. That is good because someone of your temperament who is prone to losing his temper in the way I have seen shouldn’t be a taxi driver.”
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