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Police have apolo- gised to a taxi driver who was the victim of a vicious attack. Chief Insp Kevin Van- terpool apologised at a public meeting last month to Mohammed Farooq, 36, who was attacked by five thugs while picking up a fare. According to the Peter- borough Evening Telegraph, more than 300 people packed into a Peterborough primary school hall for a local residents’ meet- ing protesting about alleged noise and dis- turbance from a bar. But the meeting changed tack, as tem- pers flared when taxi drivers and residents
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accused the police of racism and not taking the assault case seri- ously - demanding why it had taken five days for police to col- lect evidence about the extent of Mr Farooq’s injuries. One audience mem- ber, who said he had been a taxi driver for 30 years, spoke out saying if it had been a bus driver who had been attacked rather than a taxi driver the police response would have been different. He said: “Ninety-nine per cent of taxi drivers are non-white, is this the reason? Will there be disciplinary action taken against the offi-
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Chief Insp Vanterpool said there had clearly been a lack of commu- nication between officers about the case, adding: “This is not an issue of colour.” However he said it was too early to say whether disciplinary measures would be taken against the offi- cers involved.
Head of the serious crime team, DCI Dave Liddle, said: “We have already put improve- ments into place and we will have our top detectives working on assaults and we are making sure these mistakes will not hap- pen again.”
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SUSPECTED BENEFIT CHEATS FOUND IN STIRLINGSHIRE
One in seven cabbies stopped in Stirling- shire in a county-wide police blitz turned out to be a suspected benefit cheat, police
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The Courier and Advertiser reports that Central Scotland Police stopped and checked 35 taxis
throughout the Stirling area last month. Five cabbies were reported for allegedly swindling the housing benefits system.
HARTLEPOOL DRIVER TELLS OF HIS ‘RACISM NIGHTMARE’
A taxi driver is calling for cabs to have cam- eras fitted after being subjected to an allega- tion of racism. Patrick Owens, from Hartlepool, was locked in a cell for a night, then spent two months waiting for a trial to start before being told the CPS was dropping the case.
The 44-year-old also had to fight to keep his taxi licence and said he had to sell his car during the “nightmare” ordeal that started when a woman claimed he had shouted racist abuse out of his window. Patrick, who was
working with Hudsons Taxis at the time, told the Hartlepool Mail: “This was malicious and there was no way I could prove it didn’t happen, I just had my word.” Patrick was arrested in March after being accused of shouting abuse at a child. He was taken to a police station where he was questioned and spent time in a cell before being bailed at 4am the next morning after being charged with using threatening or abusive words and racial abuse.
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licence was also auto- matically suspended but he appealed, at the cost of £200, and was able to carry on driving with Stream- line until his court appearance which had been listed for June 2. A CPS spokeswoman said: “I can confirm that no further action is being taken against Mr Owens, and he has been sent a letter informing him of that.”
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