TERROR TIMES
HULL PHV DRIVER ABUSED BY PASSENGER WHO PUNCHED CAB AND CALLED HIM RACIST
A Hull man accused a PHV driver of being racist and hurled vile abuse at him after being asked to pay his fare upfront. Driver Sayed Jawed Saddat, 28, picked up a customer on Saturday, March 25 at 11.30pm at the junction of Albert Avenue and Anlaby Road junction. When the man boarded, the experienced PHV driver had an instinctual feeling he was acting strangely. Sayed asked the man where he was heading and he said Padstow House in Bransholme. In dashcam footage provided by Sayed, he asks the passenger if he has cash on him. The man replies that he doesn’t, insisting he has cash at home. Sayed then stops the car and says he can’t take the man without proof of payment upfront. The man kicks off and shouts: “Why does everyone do this? Why does everyone do f***ing this?” The man then accuses Sayed of being racist and claims it is racially
motivated because he is a white man. “Why does racism come in?!” he continued, “You want money from me because I’m a white man and you don’t believe me!” Sayed offers to drive the passenger to a cash point and, for a moment, he agrees. But the passenger quickly changes his mind and, again, claims he has cash at home. When Sayed stops the car, the passenger storms out and calls him a “f**ing w***er”. There are loud bangs audible on the dashcam and Sayed later explained this was the man punching and kicking the cab, before throwing a coffee flask at it.
CANVEY ISLAND CABBIE THREATENED WITH GUN
A robbery took place in Canvey Island shortly before midnight on Monday 4 April, where a cabbie was robbed and reportedly threatened with a gun. Officers from Essex Police were called to a service station on Long Road, where they found the victim unharmed but shaken. A 20-year-old man and a 25-year-old man, both from from Canvey Island have been arrested on suspicion of robbery. They remain in custody. Chief Inspector Daniel McHugh said “Incidents like this are extremely rare but I can reassure residents that we have multiple teams working on this investigation.”
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Sayed said he was left shaken by the incident because he was abused for trying to do his job. He said: “He accused me of being racist but it had nothing to do with that. I have been driving my taxi since 2017, when you are driving for so long, you develop an instinct that tells you if a passenger may not pay.
“Most people are understanding but there is a small minority who act like this and make doing your job difficult.” Humberside Police said it is looking into the incident and is appealing for anyone with information to come forward. In a statement, Humberside Police said: “We understand the impact these kinds of crimes have on those who rely on vehicles for their business as taxi drivers do, and we’re always keen to work alongside taxi drivers and members of the public to be able to hold those to account for their actions.”
TWO MEN ARRESTED AFTER CABBIE ROBBED IN OLDHAM
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of robbery after allegedly grabbing a taxi driver from behind and stealing his earnings. Shortly after midnight on Wednesday 29 March, a taxi driver was forced to pull over before being “grabbed from behind” by his passengers in Royton. The passengers stole the driver’s earnings and some of his work equipment before fleeing on foot. The cabbie was hurt during the incident but the injuries he suffered are not believed to be life threatening, police said. Two men, both in their 20s, are currently in police custody. Investigations are ongoing.
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