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RACIST THUG JAILED FOR VICIOUS ATTACK ON STOKE TAXI DRIVER
Thug Craig Steven- son racially abused a taxi driver before knocking him out – because he was ‘offended’ by a request to pay his fare up front. StokeonTrentLive re- ports that Steven- son, 45, approach- ed the victim at the rank in Burslem town centre and asked the price to Hanley. But when the driver told him the price and said he would need to pay up front, Stev- enson became angry. Stoke Crown Court
heard Stevenson then told the driver to ‘**** off’ and used a racially offensive word. He tried to punch the victim but another driver inter- vened. Stevenson then fol- lowed the victim as he walked away and punched him to the face repeatedly which knocked him out, 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,
which happened in December 2018. Stevenson was ar- rested and initially claimed he had been acting in self-def- ence – but changed his story when con- fronted with the CCTV evidence. Stevenson,
from
Burslem, pleaded guilty to a charge of racially aggravated wounding. The court heard he had con- victions going back to 1996, including affray and assault. The Judge sen- tenced Stevenson to 28 months in prison.
THUG JAILED AFTER ROBBING TWO LANCS DRIVERS AT KNIFEPOINT
Thugs who robbed two taxi drivers at knifepoint have been sent to jail. LancsLive reports that Elliot Booth- man robbed driver Yasser Javid of his Skoda Octavia and cash outside a take- away in Accrington. Preston Crown Court heard as Boothman and co-defendant Christopherson ar- rived at the take- away Mr Javid saw Boothman was hold- ing an ‘eight-inch kitchen knife’ in his hand and shouted ‘get out of the car, I will kill you’. Mr Javid tried to grab the car keys and knife but Boothman pushed him away and he fell back into the road. Boothman then drove the taxi away. Police spotted the
vehicle three hours later and arrested Boothman, 24, and Christopherson, 18. Both were released under investigation but less than two weeks later Booth- man robbed another driver, Parvez Akhar, of his Skoda Octavia on Bury Road in Rawtenstall with ac complice, Niven. Mr Akhar saw Niven was holding a knife and tried to grab it but cut four of his fingers. Back seat passenger Boothman then grabbed hold of Mr Akhar and punched him to the shoulder while Niven punch- ed him to the body and face. When the victim fled the taxi Christo- pherson reversed the taxi at speed into a wall before
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driving away. The stolen taxi was set on fire at the entrance to a prima- ry school in Raw- tenstall. The vehicle ‘rolled back’ onto a wall near a house. The terrified occu- pants were awoken by loud banging and saw an ‘orange glow’ outside. Boothman pleaded guilty to robbery and driving while dis- qualified
and
without insurance was jailed for seven years. Niven, 29, of Bacup, pleaded guilty to robbery, arson and threats with a blad- ed article, He was jailed for 56 months. Christopherson, 18, of Rawtenstall, plead- ed guilty to robbery and arson and was sent to a YIO for 53 months.
BLACKBURN REVELLERS RACIALLY ABUSED DRIVER AFTER NIGHT OUT
A taxi driver bring- ing a group back to Blackburn after a night out was racial- ly abused by two of the men. According to the Lan- cashire Telegraph, Blackburn Magis- trates heard they also damaged the taxi and one of them
assaulted him. Bradley Lowe, 23, from Blackburn, and Zachary Sanderson, 20, from Burnley, were both convicted after trial of racially aggravated threat- ening behaviour and criminal damage and Sanderson of assault of Moham-
med Siddiki. They were both sen- tenced to 12 weeks in prison suspended for 12 months, made subject to a commu- nity order for 12 months with 150 hours’ unpaid work, and ordered to pay £400 costs and £300 compensation.
WEST MIDS DRIVER PUNCHED DURING A STRUGGLE OVER FARE
A violent teenager broke taxi driver Mohammed Emam’s cheekbone during a struggle as he tried to get away without paying. Mr Emam later went to hospital because of continuing pain in his face, and re- quired surgery in- volving the insertion
of a metal plate to repair the damage. Kiran Lakh, from Wednesbury, denied inflicting GBH on the driver, but after watching CCTV re- cordings, a jury at Coventry Crown Court found him guilty. The Express and Star reports that Lakh, 18,
also admitted breach- ing a suspended sen- tence and driving a car taken without consent. He was sen- tenced to nine months for the attack on the taxi driver – consecutive to 18 months of the suspended sentence which he was also ordered to serve.
BROTHERS BATTER NEWCASTLE DRIVER IN £10 FARE ROW
Two brothers at- tacked a taxi driver during a night out celebrating their nephew’s birthday. Nicky Zwetschnikow punched and kicked the victim after get- ting into a row about a fare - and his younger brother, Wayne, then joined in with the assault. According to the Stoke Sentinel, North Staffordshire Justice Centre heard that the older defen- dant started to remonstrate with the driver who attempted to call
the police. Nicky Zwetschnikow then hit him and tried to grab his phone. The driver was punched twice and kicked as he was sitting in his cab, unable to defend himself. The younger defen- dant got involved and punched the driver, who was feel- ing dizzy. He said the older man was then taken away by others but returned and punched him to the forehead. Police attended and the brothers were arrested. The attack
was caught on CCTV showing both the brothers’ in- volvement. Fortun- ately the taxi driver was not seriously injured. Nicky and Wayne Zwetschnikow, both from Newcastle, pleaded guilty to assault in October. The Judge handed Nicky a four-month prison sentence, sus- pended for 12 months, and 100 hours’ unpaid work. Wayne received a 12-month communi- ty order with 100 hours’ unpaid work.
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