TERROR TIMES
PSNI OFFICER BITTEN BY TAXI ROBBERY SUSPECT WHEN MAKING ARREST IN BELFAST
A PSNI officer was punched while making an arrest. They were trying to detain a suspect who robbed a taxi driver in west Belfast. Police said the 20-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of
robbery, assault on police and resisting police. A PSNI spokesperson said: “The arrest followed an incident in which a taxi driver was robbed by a passenger in Glenalina Park in
west Belfast shortly before 11pm last night, Friday 23 February. “During his arrest the suspect assaulted an officer by punching and attempting to bite and headbutt him. Enquiries are ongoing.”
TAXI DRIVER ATTACKED BY CUSTOMER WHO WAS REFUSED DISCOUNTED FARE IN WALLSEND
A taxi driver was attacked in North Tyneside after refusing to give a man a discounted fee. Police received a report that a taxi driver had been involved in an altercation with an unknown man on High Street East in Wallsend around 1.10am on December 29. It was reported the offender
entered the taxi and asked for a discounted fee before assaulting the driver when his request was denied.
The man got out of the taxi but returned a short time later and kicked the driver’s side door, causing substantial damage to the vehicle.
Officers investigating the incident have released an image of a man who they would like to speak in connection with the report. He was in the area at the time the incident is reported to have taken place and officers believe he could have information that may assist the ongoing investigation.
BOLTON DRIVERS PELTED WITH EGGS IN BROMLEY CROSS CALL FOR REMOVAL OF STICKERS
A number of private hire drivers have been pelted with eggs over a recent weekend in Bolton. The two private hire vehicles were targeted during the daytime in Tonge Moor and are the latest in a spate of attacks at taxi vehicles. Another driver, Siraj Patel, was pelted with eggs at 10pm in Bromley Cross. Following this Mr Patel has reiterated calls for mandatory stickers to be removed. Last month members of the Bolton Private Hire Union met with members of Bolton Council to raise the issue. They said there were a number of trouble spots where their vehicles
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were attacked including Lever- hulme Park in Breightmet, Deane Church Lane in Deane, Tonge Moor Road and Highfield in Farnworth. Concerns were raised at the time after reports that a taxi driver was dragged from their vehicle and beaten in Heaton. Mr Patel said he and another driver with pelted with eggs on Darwen Road, Bromley Cross, near a bus stop. And video has emerged of two taxi drivers having eggs thrown at them by a group of youths near the Railway Bridge on Tonge Moor Road. Mr Patel, who is also a member of the union, spoke about the
incident and said he wanted stickers removed. He said: “I had a passenger in at the time and youths on Darwen Road threw eggs at us because they knew we were taxi drivers. They recognised us because of the stickers. “We are always targeted from this area, normally between 7pm and 10.30pm. There are other bad spots, such as Tonge Moor Road. “They should get rid of the need for stickers. If you use an app to book a taxi how do you recognise it? You recognise it from the make of the vehicle and the registration plate, you do not need a sticker as well as this.”
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