JUST DESSERTS
FIVE YEARS IN JAIL FOR ROBBER OF HUDDERSFIELD DRIVER
A man has been jailed for
assaulting a
teenager and robbing a taxi driver. On July 3 this year, Wade McLean, 22, and Arron Smith, 18, and two others got a taxi from Priestley Square in Birstall, but when they arrived at their destination, Taylor Hall Lane in Mirfield, they refused to pay. Smith, who was in the back
seat, then
grabbed the driver around the neck and held him down from behind.
McLean opened the driver’s door and stole his watch, then took the keys out of the ignition and said, “What you gonna do now?” McLean took a bag containing
earlier. Samuel Andrews, for Smith, said his client had shown remorse, while Richard Can- ning, for Hemingway, said
his around
£100 in takings, ciga- rettes and the driver’s keys. He then threw the keys on the floor as the group ran off. When arrested on July 19, McLean was found with a watch worth £175 which had been stolen from a take- away driver two days
client
deserved credit for his guilty plea. McLean, of Mirfield, was sentenced to five years in prison for rob- bery, grievous bodily harm and for another unrelated attack and handling
stolen
goods. Smith, of Hudders- field, was jailed for two years for robbery.
SIX YEARS FOR SERIAL OFFENDER WHO ROBBED TWO WAKEFIELD CABBIES
A knifepoint robber who struck three times in five hours was “excited” when he took money from his terrified victims, a court heard. Kevin John Marrs, 28, robbed two taxi driv- ers and also mugged a man in the street. The serial offender was jailed for six years after a court heard how a psychiatrist believed he presented a significant risk to the public. Marrs admitted com- mitting three robberies in Wakefield city cen- tre overnight on March 26. He also asked for a further robbery and
two burglaries to be taken into considera- tion. According to the Wakefield Express, Prosecutor Patrick Gallagher said Marrs struck first at 11pm when he grabbed a young man, who was walking home, in a wrestling-style head- lock. The victim then felt something sharp, pos- sibly a Stanley knife, being pressed against his neck. Marrs took £50 in cash and the phone. He moved onto his next victim after hail- ing a cab to Eastmoor where he grabbed the
driver, pressed a sharp object against his neck and demand- ed money. The pair struggled and the driver was head- butted in the mouth. He feared he was going to be slashed about the face and grabbed at the knife. He suffered cuts to his hands and was also racially abused during the incident. Marrs,
from Hems-
worth, near Wakefield, took £200 in cash and a satnav system. He struck again four hours later when he robbed a taxi driver of £140 on a journey to Kettlethorpe.
THREE YEARS FOR THREATENING BEDMINSTER DRIVER WITH SHARP OBJECT
A passenger who held a “sharp object” to a taxi driver’s neck and stole back the money he had given him for the fare has been jailed for three years. The Bristol Evening Post reports that Bris- tol Crown Court heard Lascalle Carter, 32,
was picked up from outside Yellow Cabs in Bedminster Parade in the early hours of Christmas Eve 2010. The driver refused to take him any further but agreed to take him back to the taxi rank. Carter placed a sharp object at the back of the driver’s neck, ask-
ing him: “Do you want me to cut you up and pour some blood?” Carter,
from South-
mead, admitted taking the money but denied robbery, saying no weapon was produced and no threats were made. He was found guilty after a three-day trial.
TAXI TRASHED AND DRIVER INJURED AT TRAVELLERS’ SITE NEAR EVESHAM
A taxi driver was injured and his cab trashed after he dropped two passen- gers off at a travellers’ site near Evesham. The men got
into
Davinder Gurche’s taxi in Warwick and paid the £25 fare, Worces- ter Crown Court heard. The Tewkesbury Ad- mag reports that when the taxi stopped at the site in Cleeve Prior
they became aggressive. One pas-
senger, Thomas Rog- ers, pulled a headrest out and hit Mr Gurche with it. The men then picked up missiles out- side and hurled them at the cab, breaking all the windows. Rogers, aged 23, of Hospital Lane, Can- nock, pleaded guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm and crimi- nal damage. Judge Richard Run- dell said the attack had been unprovoked
and alcohol-fuelled. He gave Rogers a six- month jail sentence, suspended for
two
years, with 150 hours of unpaid community work. Rogers, who worked in his father’s building firm, must also pay £2,000 compensa- tion to Mr Gurche and £1,500 costs. The judge said he sus- pected that, bearing in mind Mr Gurche’s eth- nicity, an element of racism was involved.
HIRED EAST RIDING HITMAN GETS JAIL SENTENCE FOR CRICKET BAT ATTACK
A hired hitman who attacked a man with a cricket bat over a park- ing dispute has been jailed for nine years. Lloyd Hunter, 30, was hired by neighbours to attack taxi driver David Glew. Doorman Hunter was driven to the East Rid- ing by his accomplice Mark Guy and lay in wait for Mr Glew. He then hit his victim over the head with the bat when he left his home in Stamford Bridge, to put the bins out. Hunter hit Mr Glew, 57, repeatedly, until the bat broke. He then began kicking him and only stopped when Mr Glew’s wife threw a jar of jam at him. Hull Crown Court heard that Mr Glew suffered brain injuries as a result of
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attack and spent 12 days in hospital. Prosecutor Patrick Palmer said: “He suf- fered internal bleeding and trauma to his brain. He was unable to drive and had been a taxi driver. “Both he and his wife feel his personality has changed as a result. Before, he had been an outgoing per- son and now he is introvert and spends a lot of
time in the
house. “He has had panic attacks and flash- backs and feels his life has been ruined. He still has continuing headaches.” Following the attack, Hunter and Guy drove to Pocklington immed- iately after the assault, where police gave chase. Hunter was caught trying to leave
town on a bus. After
his arrest,
Hunter, of Leeds, was bailed but went on the run for eight months. He was finally caught by Humberside Police in Cyprus after they issued an international arrest warrant. Now, Hunter has been jailed for nine years after pleading guilty at Hull Crown Court to causing grievous bod- ily harm with intent. Guy, 25, of Wetherby, was earlier jailed for seven years for griev- ous bodily harm with intent following a trial. Judge Jeremy Baker QC said: “It was sug- gested there was a long-running dispute over parking. If so, one cannot begin to understand why those involved should turn to such dramatic means of retribution.”
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