TERROR TIMES
WOMAN SPAT AT ST HELENS CABBIE AS HE ASKED HER TO SIT IN THE BACK BECAUSE SHE WASN’T WEARING A MASK
An investigation is underway after alle- gations that a woman spat at a taxi driver following a recent journey with her family in St Helens. According to the St Helens Star, Lee McBride, a driver at A to B taxis for seven years, picked up a family of four outside a pub at about 8pm on Tues- day, January 4, who asked to be taken to an address in Parr. The woman, described as being in her 50s or 60s, sat in the front seat without a face covering, however, Lee, a dad-of- three, asked if she could sit in the back if she did not have one. Explaining that she was exempt from wearing masks, the woman is said to have become aggressive at this request and “screamed and howled” during their journey.
Being self-employed, Lee said that he explained that he can’t catch covid due to the consequences it could have. The woman was not pacified by his rea- soning and continued to scream throughout their journey. As they pulled up at the location, Lee said he heard a “phlegmy” noise from
the back seat, and upon turning around, felt the woman spit towards his face. Lee, 50, said: “I was in total shock when it happened. Luckily, she missed me with the spit as it mainly hit the back of the seat, but the spray still got to me. “Her husband paid me and I heard her daughter telling her off, but as they were leaving, she said, ‘you’re going to have to wipe the spit off your back seats’” As he drove off, Lee said he had to pull over as he was that furious, and had to take in what had happened. A spokesperson for Merseyside Police said: “We are investigating after a taxi driver reported that a passenger in his vehicle had spat on the rear of his seat.”
Enquiries are being carried out.
BIRMINGHAM HACKNEY DRIVER ATTACKED WHILST DRIVING CAUSING HIM TO CRASH INTO PARKED VEHICLE
A Birmingham hackney carriage driver has been attacked whilst driving caus- ing him to crash into a parked vehicle and the police have taken no action. Leakaat Mahmood told PHTM: “At about 3.40am on Saturday morning, 13 November, I picked up two white males aged 35-40 from the taxi rank on Hurst Street in Birmingham city centre. “They wanted to go to Bloxwich and as one of them was quite drunk I took a card payment up front for the fare but forgot to close the glass sliding parti- tion in the taxi. “As we got out of the city, they started being racially abusive. I felt uncomfort- able but ignored them. Then suddenly for no reason the sober man grabbed my collar and started punching the back of my neck and head. I was in shock and frightened by this sudden attack so crashed into a parked vehicle. “I got out of the taxi and fortunately
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the people whose car I hit, heard the crash and came outside. They were very nice and as I was still very shaken I was glad to able to stand with them whilst we called the police. “Meanwhile, the two men stayed in the taxi laughing and joking and even uri- nated in the back of my cab. “We called the police two or three times but they did not arrive and after about 45 minutes the two men, who were still about seven miles from their destination, left in a Bolt PHV. “The police apologised and said they had been very busy that night and a few days later interviewed me over the phone and then eventually came to see me a couple of weeks later. “Luckily one of the male passengers dropped the debit card he had paid the fare with in the back of the cab. The police were able to find him from this card and interviewed him, but he
apparently denied doing anything wrong! “I have never had an incident like this happen to me before and despite having two witnesses confirming the actions of the passengers after the crash – the owner of the car I crashed into and a fellow hackney driver who stopped as he was driving past, these thugs have still not been charged. “I am very upset as I am also heavily out of pocket as I could not afford to be off work for long, so I paid for the repairs to my taxi myself and my insur- ance are having to pay for the repair of the car I hit. “I am also very angry at the way I have been treated by the police. They told me they were waiting to hear from the CPS but still no action has been taken. “I was only trying to do my job. This is not right or fair so I have now lodged an official complaint.”
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