JUST DESSERTS
TEEN THUG LEFT LEICESTERSHIRE DRIVER WITH BROKEN JAW, CHEEKBONE AND EYE SOCKET
A teenage thug has been found guilty of taking part in a sav- age assault which left a taxi driver with a smashed jaw, eye- socket and cheek- bone. According to Leices- tershireLive,
stood trial at Leices- ter Crown Court and was convicted of inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent during the attack, which hap- pened on
the Joe
Connors, 19, and a second man - who has not been traced by police - attacked the driver in Kib- worth, near Market Harborough, as they attempted to es- cape without paying their fare. Connors, from Kib- worth
Harcourt
evening of Friday, August 11 2017. Leicestershire Police released details of the case saying the had driver picked up Connors and three people in Leicester and agreed to take them to Kibworth. As they approached the village, he drop- ped off two of the passengers
and
continued to The Railway Arms pub, in Station Street. Connors and a sec- ond man went into the pub, promising to return with their fare. The driver got out of his vehicle while he waited but then saw the two men leaving the pub and chal- lenged them. In a statement, Leicestershire Police said: "”He (the driv- er) asked them for the fare and after arguing amongst themselves as to who should pay, one
of them suddenly punched the driver to the ribs. “The second man punched him to the face and threw him against some metal railings causing him to hit his face once more. “The victim was taken to hospital and it was con- firmed he had sustained a broken eye socket, a broken jaw and a broken cheekbone in the assault. “Through their in- vestigation, officers identified Connors
as a suspect and he was charged. “Despite extensive inquiries including a social media appeal, the other man in- volved in the assault was never identi- fied.” Detective Constable Rob Pountney, who led the investiga- tion,
said: “The
victim sustained some
significant
facial injuries later undergoing recon- structive surgery and having a metal plate placed into his face. “He continues to this
day to be in pain from the injuries he sustained. “Connors chose to assault the victim and inflict some nasty injuries all for the sake of a taxi fare of less than £20. “While his convic- tion doesn’t take away the continued pain that the victim suffers, I hope he can take some little comfort in that the person responsible is has been found guilty at court and will be punished accordingly when sentenced at court.”
ROBBERS JAILED FOLLOWING BRUTAL ATTACK ON TAXI DRIVER IN LEICESTER
Two robbers have been jailed after a brutal attack on a Leicester taxi driver which left him unconscious – mo- ments after they had assaulted and robbed
another
man. Nathan Connolly, 22, and Kaamil Alli, 18, were sentenced to ten and six years respectively
Leicester Crown Court last month. According to Leices- tershireLive,
the
court heard that after violently rob- bing a man in Nar- borough Road at about
at 10pm on
August 18, last year, the pair then made their way to nearby Hinckley
Road. 68
There Connolly ap- proached a taxi driver who had just dropped off a fare and was waiting for his next job on the corner of Cranmer Street. Gary Short, prose- cuting, said: said: “Connolly attempt- ed to sell him the mobile phone that had just been stolen. The victim said he wasn’t inter- ested in the phone but Connolly would- n’t leave it there and dragged him out of his car.” During their trial, the victim said: “The next thing I recall was being on the floor on my back. A male was standing over me, kicking and
stamping on my face. I then lost con- sciousness." Mr Short said the victim suffered “very serious
injuries”,
including a bleed on his brain, a black eye and swelling to his face and head and an injury to his arm. He spent six days in hospital. He said his injuries could have been even worse had members of
the
public not inter- vened. The defendants left the scene by driving off in the victim’s taxi and CCTV footage later cap- tured them arriving at a restaurant in Braunstone Park. The court heard that
they continued driv- ing the cab around the city, before crashing it into a bus stop near Braun- stone Leisure Centre and running away. Detectives traced the pair through DNA found on the air bags which had deployed during the impact. During Connolly’s trial, the jury were shown photographs of the taxi driver taken at his hospital bedside with “foot- print
impressions
across his face”. In a victim impact statement read out in court, he des- cribed being afraid “to leave his flat after 5pm” and “constantly feeling
that something bad will happen to him”. Mr Short said: “They have stolen his liveli- hood from him. His car was very seri- ously damaged and he can’t work due to his injuries. He is on benefits but money
the is only
enough for him to live on and he can no longer send money to support his
family in
Ethiopia.” He also suffers from depression, a lack of confidence and is suffering from isola- tion. The first victim has also reported suffer- ing from the psy- chological effects of the attack, including depression.
Recorder Edward Boydell sentenced Connolly to a total of
ten years in
prison after he was found guilty of two counts of robbery and one count of theft following his trial. Alli, who was sub- ject to a suspended prison sentence for another crime at the time of the rob- beries, was sen- tenced to six years’ imprisonment, hav- ing
previously
pleaded guilty to two counts of rob- bery. Speaking after the hearing, DC Krupa Parmar welcomed the sentences and praised both victims for their bravery.
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