TERROR TIMES
EAST KILBRIDE CABBIES NIGHTTIME TERROR AS THUG ADMITS SMASHING WINDOW WITH POLE
A late night fare ended in terror for an East Kilbride taxi driver when a thug smashed his car’s windows with a metal pole. According to the Daily Record, Calum McCormack’s target was the taxi’s pas- senger, whom he’d chased along the street. McCormack, 24, of Parkhead, Glasgow, appeared from custody at Hamilton Sheriff Court this week. He admitted possession of an offensive weapon on September 10, last year. McCormack also admitted chasing and trying to strike the man with the metal pole and causing damage to the taxi.
Chloe O’Hara, prosecuting, said the taxi driver arranged to pick up McCorma- ck’s intended victim and a female from an address in East Kilbride shortly before midnight. She told the court: “He took them to the football pitches at Ballerup. [The man] asked the driver to wait for him and left the taxi. He went to some bushes and at this point could not be seen. “[He] then saw the accused in posses- sion of a pole and ran back towards the taxi. The driver saw the accused chas- ing [the man] while brandishing a three-foot long metallic pole.
“The driver tried to pull away, but McCormack smashed the passenger window near where [the passenger] was sitting. He then swung the pole again, striking and breaking the rear windscreen as the driver sped off.” Ms O’Hara said police were contacted and officers found the driver and the intended victim in “a state of shock”. Sheriff Colin Dunipace deferred sen- tence on McCormack until May 27 for a criminal justice social work report and an electronic tagging assessment. He has been in custody since his arrest in September and remains behind bars.
POLICE RECOVER MACHETE AFTER TAXI DRIVER THREATENED IN MILL END, HERTS
A taxi driver was reportedly threatened at knifepoint by two men. According to the Watford Observer, police responded to reports of an inci- dent in The Queens Drive in Mill End at around 6.45pm on Friday May 7. Hertfordshire Constabulary says they
were told a taxi driver had been threat- ened with a knife following an altercation with two people, who later fled the scene. The taxi driver was not injured during the incident. Police officers carried out a search of the area to try and find the two men
who had run off, but the suspects have yet to be traced, although police say enquiries are continuing at this time. However, officers have seized a machete which was found lying in the front garden of a property in The Queens Drive.
BLYTH DRIVER ROBBED AT KNIFEPOINT IN BIKE-CRASH DISTRACTION SCAM
A taxi driver was robbed at knifepoint and had his clothes slashed in a bike- smash distraction scam. CronicleLive reports that the victim was making his way down Newcastle Road, Newsham, before 11.40pm on Tuesday 4 May when he spotted a cyclist who had appeared to have fallen from his bike. When the driver stopped to help, the door to his taxi was opened and two men in dark clothing grabbed his cash bag and tore his clothing while carrying a ‘bladed article’.
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The offenders then made off on foot along Cottingwood Green, along with the cyclist who had jumped up and was back on his bike. The driver, who was shaken but unin- jured, tried to chase the robbers - but lost sight of them and called 999. Police are now asking anybody who witnessed anything suspicious in the area or who may have any information to come forward.
PC Michael Hall, who is leading the investigation, said: “This was a cynical robbery as the offenders preyed on the
good nature of their victim. The inci- dent could have resulted in serious injury had the blade cut more than just the driver’s clothing. “We are committed to ensuring those responsible for this appalling robbery are brought to justice, and an experi- enced team of officers are following various lines of enquiry. “We are now asking if you saw this inci- dent – or saw a silver Skoda Octavia taxi driving in the area between 11.20pm and 11.50pm - please get in touch with us.”
JUNE 2021
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