JUST DESERTS 12- MONTH COMMUNITY ORDER FOR BRADFORD MAN WHO DEFRAUDED CABBIE
A cabbie transferred £200 into a man’s bank account in a fraud committed by three passengers, Bradford Crown Court heard. Rizwan Khaliq, 43, from Bradford, was sentenced for his role in the fraud that took place in March 2022. The scam unfolded when a man was picked up by the driver in
Halifax and taken to Bradford. Two more male passengers, including Khaliq, then got into the vehicle. The men appeared to fall out over a debt and a knife was produced. They then demanded money from the driver and he transferred £200 into a bank account. All three men were later seen
exchanging money in a takeaway. Khaliq pleaded guilty
to
defrauding the taxi driver. Khaliq was sentenced to a 12- month community order with 15 rehabilitation activity days and a nine-month drug rehabilitation order and he was ordered to pay £200 compensation to the cabbie..
SIX YEARS’ JAIL FOR RACIST THUG WHO VIOLENTLY ATTACKED MIDDLESBROUGH CABBIE
A drunken thug who launched a tirade of racist abuse at a cabbie before dragging him from his car by his beard and attacking him was too drunk to carry out his attempted robbery. Robert Hood carried out the vile attack as he became increasingly abusive as the taxi driver took him home on Christmas Day 2020 after
spending the day drinking. The 38-year-old attempted to punch the man through the Covid screen in the taxi before dragging him out and punching him and kicking him on the ground.
Hood, from Middlesbrough, was found guilty of both charges following a trial at Teesside Crown Court following the attack. Judge Jonathan Carroll locked up Hood for a total of six years after he was found guilty of attempted robbery and racially aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
RHYL MAN WHO SUBJECTED TAXI DRIVER TO TERRIFYING ATTACK JAILED FOR TWO YEARS
A man from Rhyl who inflicted a “planned” attack on a taxi driver has been jailed for two years. David Ross, 44, was sentenced at Mold Crown Court on June 22 after being found guilty of assault and criminal damage to property. On July 24, 2022, Mehmet Dagtekin, was working in Llandudno when he received a call from Ross for a ride. Mr Dagtekin collected Ross around 7pm and the defendant appeared “pleasant”.
At his destination, Ross approached the driver’s side of the vehicle,
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opened the door, asking for Mr Dagtekin’s bank details to pay his fare. As Mr Dagtekin looked down at
his phone, Ross hit him in his face, took his mobile and used it to punch Mr Dagtekin in his head. Another male came to the passen- ger side of the vehicle and began punching Mr Dagtekin through a car window, while Ross kicked him to his ribs and legs with “full force”.
Mr Dagtekin thought Ross was going to kill him during the attack. Ross tried to open a locked passenger door but couldn’t so began hitting the car windscreen, causing it to crack. In total, £1,725 criminal damage was caused to the vehicle. Mr Dagtekin sustained bruising and swelling to his lower jaw and spine, and bleeding from his right ear. A restraining order, prohibiting Ross, who has 22 previous convic- tions, from contacting Mr Dagtekin was imposed for five years.
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