JUST DESSERTS...
THUG SHOUTED VILE ABUSE AT NEWCASTLE TAXI DRIVER
A thug who un- leashed a tirade of vile abuse on a taxi driver because she wasn’t racist has been locked-up. Paul Stewart had approached
the
cabbie in February this year as she was talking to other drivers and asked her “Why aren’t you racist?” He said “It’s your fault, you white c***s. Grandfathers would turn in their graves having built this and now it’s overrun with f******
Paul Stewart
d*****s.” The victim tried to reason with Stewart and told him she had a mixed race grandchild during his disgusting rant. In response, he called her a “dirty, stinking n*****, p***
sh*****”. In a statement, the taxi driver said she was disgusted at Stewart’s shocking language. The police were called and Stewart, from Newcastle, was arrested. Now, he’s been locked-up for 11 months after he admitted one count of racially aggravat- ed harassment and an unrelated offence of handling stolen goods. Stewart was on a suspended sentence at the time.
CARDIFF DRIVER’S NOSE BROKEN AFTER DISPUTE ABOUT FARE
Two friends on a night out in Cardiff attacked a taxi driv- er, leaving him with a broken nose, fol- lowing a dispute about the fare. Abdi Dualeh and Abdi Ahmed – who had been drinking for a friend’s birth- day – repeatedly punched the victim then walked off, leaving him cut and bruised. The assault hap- pened in Mill Lane during the early hours of July 14 last year. CCTV footage of
the incident
showed Dualeh talk- ing to taxi driver Mohamed Hassan, who was parked up. Dualeh then struck him first before co- defendant Ahmed joined in the assault. Mr Hassan ran
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around his taxi to try and get away from the pair but they carried on trying to punch him. Dualeh and Ahmed left the scene and Mr Hassan called the police. They were later arrested and taken to the police station where they were shown the footage during their interiews. Both accepted it was them on the CCTV and that they were drunk at the time and admitted punching the victim. Mr Hassan was taken to hospital suffering a broken nose. He also had swelling to his lip and forehead, pain to his ribs as well as cuts and bruises to his body. Dualeh, 25,
from
Butetown, admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Ahmed, 25,
from
Grangetown, also admitted assault oc- casioning ABH. Judge Catherine Richards
said:
“When you think about it, those who provide taxi services to members of the public deserve our protection as they play an important and necessary func- tion in our society.” She gave them both a 12-month commu- nity order requiring them tocomply with a two-month curfew and complete 250 hours of unpaidwork plus 10 days of reha- bilitation activity. They must each pay £100 each in com- pensation and a £90 victim surcharge.
FORMER NEWPORT RFC PLAYER BROKE TAXI DRIVER’S NOSE
A former Newport RFC player was left more than £7,000 out of pocket after he broke a taxi driv- er’s nose during a quarrel over a tip. Alun Williams, 56, was convicted by a jury following a trial of causing cabbie Mohammed Ilyas actual bodily harm but was cleared of racially aggravated actual bodily harm. The former prop for- ward struck his victim once, also causing him a black eye. Mr Ilyas needed
Alun Williams
hospital treatment for his injuries fol- lowing the assault last May. Mr Ilyas said in a vic- tim personal state- ment: “I now live in fear and am scared.”
The Judge told Williams: “You were intoxicated. There is no evidence to sug- gest you are an habitual drunkard. This offence was out of character and you have been remorse- ful.” He was fined £2,500 and ordered to pay his victim £1,000 in c omp e n s a t i o n , £4,040 prosecution costs and a £170 surcharge. Williams was told he must pay the fine within three months or face 21 days in jail.
STOKE THUG RACIALLY ABUSED DRIVER THEN KNOCKED HIM OUT
Last December
Craig Stevenson, 45, approached a driver at the taxi rank in Burslem town cen- tre and asked the cost to Hanley. But when the driver told him the price and said he would need to pay prior to the journey, Steven- son became angry. The court heard Stevenson told the driver to ‘**** off’ and used a racially offensive word. He tried to punch him but another driver intervened. Stevenson then fol- lowed the driver as he walked away. CCTV footage play- ed in court showed the driver on his phone outside a pub when he was ap- proached by Stev- enson who punched
Craig Stevenson
the driver repeated- ly which knocked him out. He fell to the floor and the defendant
then
stamped on his head while he was unconscious.” The court heard the driver suffered cuts and bruises but was not seriously injured in the incident. Bricklayer Steven- son was arrested and initially claimed he had been acting in self-defence – but he had to change his
story when he saw the CCTV evidence. Stevenson, went on to plead guilty to a charge of racially- aggravated wound- ing. The court heard he had previous convictions going back to 1996, includ- ing affray
and
assault. In a statement the victim said he and his family were still suffering from the emotional impact of the attack including the loss of £2,250 in earnings. Judge Kershaw sen- tenced Stevenson to 28 months in prison. He also made a two- year
order prohibiting Stevenson
restraining from
contacting the vic- tim or going within 100 metres of his business.
JULY 2020
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