..TERROR TIMES
MAN ARRESTED AFTER PHV DRIVER SUBJECTED TO RACIST TIRADE IN BIRMINGHAM - CAPTURED ON VIDEO
A 53-year-old man has been arrested after a taxi driver was subjected to vile racist abuse in the West Midlands. Alarming footage showed a passenger abusing Wolver- hampton-registered driver Abid Mustafa in his taxi. See video by clicking photo. Police have since arrested a man on suspicion of a racial- ly aggravated public order offence. He has been detained in Erdington, Birming- ham. A West Midlands Pol- ice spokesman said: “The victim is being spoken to by offi- cers and the in- vestigation contin-
ues.” Father-of-four Mr Mustafa, 39, was driving his customer back home in Birm- ingham on May 15 when the incident happened. He remained calm throughout
and
warned the man he was being recorded from his dashcam. In a minute-long video posted on social media, driver Abid Mustafa coolly handles the man. “He promised to stop doing it, then as soon as we got going again, after about 50 metres he started up again,” said the taxi driver, who began record- ing at the end of
the journey. He said: “I have a heart and emotions and the words do hurt us. But I chose the profession and I have to face these challenges – if I chose to be in the army I would face battles, and this is the same.” Mr Mustafa, who lives in Erdington, hopes footage of
GIRL ARRESTED FOR RACIALLY ABUSING CABBIE INWOLVERHAMPTON
A girl has been ar- rested after she allegedly
racially
abused a taxi driver in Wolverhampton. The incident took place in Brantley Avenue, just after
midnight on 16 June. Chief Inspector Has- son Shigdar of West Midlands Police said: “A 19-year-old fe- male was arrested in the early hours for racially abusing a
taxi driver. Upon arrest she spat on a police officer and then damaged a police vehicle. She is in custody 'sobering up', and will be spo- ken to later today.”
TEENAGER IN COURT ACCUSED OF ROBBING TAXI DRIVER IN PLYMOUTH
A teenager ap- peared at Exeter Magistrates’ Court on 18 June charged with robbing a taxi driver in Plymouth. Jack Pester-Johns, 19, was arrested on Tuesday evening, 16 June, at his home in
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Plymouth. He is alleged to have threatened
and
robbed a taxi driver in Alexandra Road before getting into another taxi and attempting to steal money from the centre console.
Pester-Johns was identified from the first taxi’s dashcam footage then inter- viewed and charged with robbery of the taxi driver and attempted
the incident will prompt councils to fit CCTV in taxis, to protect drivers and passengers,
and
show the public what drivers have to put up with. “On all other public transport, like trams, buses and trains, there are cameras, so why can’t we have CCTV in cabs? At least 80-90% of
this type of abuse would stop then,” he said. Shaz Saleem, chair- man of the West Midlands Private Hire Drivers Association, praised the profes- sionalism shown by him. The Association has awarded him its Ambassador’s Award following the inci- dent. Mr Saleem,
from
Dudley, said: “I think the way he handled it was amazing. It shows what a true professional he is. “We have a policy where passengers have to sit in the back. But this pas- senger was deter- mined to sit in the front. As soon as he
got in the front, he began abusing the driver. The driver thought shall I kick him out but he felt intimidated and did- n’t want the ag- gravation. “He got him home after receiving ab- use all the way. At the end he put the camera on.” Mr Mustafa is a member of
the
WMPHDA which advises drivers to report these types of incidents. In the last few weeks Mr Mustafa has shut- tled vital Covid-19 samples to hospitals during the pandem- ic, before being subject to the pas- senger’s abuse.
MAN ARMED WITH KNIFE ROBS BELFAST TAXI DRIVER
A taxi driver was reportedly robbed by a man at knife- point in West Belfast at around 10.30pm on 17 June. Detective Sergeant O’Flaherty
said:
“The taxi driver had picked the man up at a taxi rank out- side
Northern Mall
the Great in
Great Victoria Street and was then driven to Kilmore Close,
where the man pro- duced a knife and threatened the driv- er. A sum of money was handed over and the man ran away from the scene on foot.”
BIRMINGHAM DRIVER ATTACKED FOR REFUSING 15 MILE TRIP FOR £5
theft
from a person and breach of bail.
A Birmingham taxi driver was assaulted for refusing to take a passenger on a 15- mile trip for just £5. The cabbie was attacked as he was asked about a jour- ney from Yardley on Saturday night, 6
June. But the pas- senger lashed out when he told he could not be taken there for a mere £5. On witnessing the assault, brave mem- bers of the public stepped in and detained a suspect
until police arrived. A 34-year-old man was arrested on sus- picion of assault. He remained in police custody on Sunday morning. The extent of the taxi driver’s injuries are not known.
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