40 PRIVATE HIRE AND TAXI MONTHLY
JANUARY 2009 IN THE NEWS THIEVES PREYING ON TAXIS IN COVENTRY
Police in Coventry are warning taxi drivers to protect their vehicles after a spate of thefts in recent weeks.
Thieves have been deliberately targeting hackney carriages in order to steal sat-navs and quantities of cash while they are parked outside owners’ homes at night.
Drivers are now being urged to take extra pre- cautions including parking off road and in a garage if one is avail- able.
Owners of taxis are also being asked to ensure that they activate alarms, and park in well-lit busy areas if they have to park on the road.
Officers are also warn- ing taxi drivers to report suspicious behaviour. PC Richard Neale, of Stoney Stanton Road police station, told the Coventry Telegraph:
“We want to remind all taxi drivers, as well as the public in general, not to leave valuable items in parked cars at any time – particularly in plain sight.
“Thieves will be aware that most taxis carry petty cash and sat-nav devices and will target them accordingly. Please remove valu- ables and always secure your vehicle properly before leaving it unattended.” Mmm... We know that all of Coventry’s hack- neys are purpose-built, but this security issue is exactly why the Associ- ation has always come down in favour of mag- netic signage for saloon hackneys, and all PHVs. At least when off duty the signs can be stashed, and less attention attracted to these vehicles when they’re parked up.–Ed.
BOGUS OLDHAM CABBIE IN HAMMER ATTACK
A group of friends were attacked with a hammer alter getting into what they thought was a taxi in Oldham.
The incident began when a man, his girl- friend and another woman got into what they believed was a pri- vate hire vehicle after a night out.
The driver took them towards the man’s home but unexpected- ly turned the car around and drove back towards the town centre. He then stopped the car where another man pulled up in a car. Both men then got out and dragged the victims out of the car. The man was hit a number of times on the head and body with a ham- mer. A DVD and video were also taken. Police are now appeal-
ing to anyone who wit- nessed the incident on Sunday, November 2, at sometime between 2.30 and 3.30am, to come forward.
Det Constable Craig Morgan, from Oldham CID, told the Oldham Evening Chronicle: “This was a bizarre set of circumstances that resulted in a group of friends enjoying a night out being savagely assaulted and robbed. “We are making numerous inquiries to trace the drivers of both cars and I would appeal for the public to help us with our investigation. Did you see anything on Abbeyhills Road at about the tiine of the attack?
“I would urge anyone with information to come forward.”
CAR-JACKING RIFE IN HIGH WYCOMBE
Police are investigating a series of reports that motorists are being tar- geted by a knife-wielding robber in High Wycombe. Four motorists, including three taxi drivers, have been threatened, while another two drivers have reported that a man tried to force his way into their cars at traffic lights.
The latest attack hap- pened when a man wielding a knife was locked in a taxi by its driver. He escaped after smashing his way free. Police believe that ten min- utes earlier he had tried to get into a woman’s car at traffic lights.
He then got in a taxi, produced a knife and started to search the taxi for items to steal. The taxi driver man-
aged to escape, lock- ing the man in the vehicle, but he smashed a window and escaped after setting fire to some paperwork in the taxi.
Another taxi was tar- geted the same night when a passenger picked up in Amer- sham threatened the driver with a knife and made off with cash. DC Andy Powell- Williams told the South Bucks Star: “While I am keeping an open mind at this stage it is possible that these robberies are linked.”
He said: “I would always advise drivers to lock the doors of their vehicles while driving alone at night. If possible pace your approach to traffic lights to avoid having to come to a complete standstill.”
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