IN THE NEWS
KENT CABBIE FLEES TAXI AFTER PASSENGERS SET IT ALIGHT ON PETROL STATION FORECOURT
This is the shocking moment two drunk thugs poured petrol into a taxi and set it on fire with the driver still inside. The Daily Mail reports that Warren Hearne, 36, and Danny Frost, 27, got into the cab and asked driver Abdu- lawar Malikzadev to stop at the nearby petrol station so they could buy beer before launching the
unprovoked
attack. Hearne was seen on CCTV getting out of the car and stum-
bling over towards one of the fuel pumps. He then pulled the nozzle over to the taxi, soaked the back seats in petrol and set them on fire before
running
away. Cabbie Malikzadev was forced to jump out of his vehicle and scramble to get his belongings be- fore the car was engulfed in flames. Hearne was jailed for six years and four months and Frost was
and seven months at
Canterbury sen- tenced to five years
Crown Court after they both pleaded guilty to reckless arson. Malikzadev collect- ed Hearne and Frost following a night out in the Kent town of Hythe. The pair hassled the cabbie the entire journey, opening the door while the taxi was moving and then berating the driver when he stopped. They then asked Malikzadev to stop at the nearby BP
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petrol station so they could ‘buy beer’ - but neither attacker went in- side the shop. Instead, CCTV foot- age showed Hearne loitering around the taxi before soaking the back seats in petrol. The cab driver became aware of what was happen- ing soon enough to jump out of the car at the last minute, avoiding any poten- tial injury, before the whole vehicle burst into flames. The driver succeed- ed in collecting his belongings before
the flames spread and immediately called Kent Fire And Rescue service, as well as Kent Police. The forecourt was closed off and the fire was extin- gushed after the Fire Service arrived and spent three minutes trying to put it out. At
the time of
events both Hearne and Frost managed to run away. But both criminals were identified by the CCTV footage and were
arrested
shortly afterwards. Investigating officer
Detective Consta- ble Kay Brown said: “This was
an
extremely danger- ous thing to do, which could have caused significant harm to anyone nearby at the time. “Luckily the driver escaped the inci- dent without injury but his vehicle, which is his liveli- hood, was des- troyed in the fire. 'There is no excuse for what they did and thankfully they will serve time in prison for
this
unprovoked and reckless attack on an innocent man.”
DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER ACCIDENT ON M6 IN STAFFS
A taxi driver was arrested on suspi- cion of drink- driving after an accident on the M6 motorway
in
Staffordshire on Tuesday evening, 4 December. Police were called to the accident near junction 11A in the south of the county after the collision involving the driv- er's car and a lorry late that night. He was arrested and provided a breath test result of 181 - more than five times the legal limit of 35.
A Central Motorway Police
Group
spokesman told the Stoke
Sentinel:
“Driver seems to have not noticed the HGV directly ahead. Arrested on
suspicion of drink/ drive. “The taxi driver pro- vided a roadside breath test with a reading of 181. To the cells, do not pass go.”
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