TERROR TIMES
THREE TEENAGERS CHARGED WITH ROBBERY OF LONDON PHV DRIVER CAUGHT ON DASHCAM
Shocking video has emerged of a FreeNow driver being attacked by a hooded gang during an alleged gunpoint robbery in London The Daily Mail reports that dash-cam footage shows the four-strong group getting into the private hire vehicle before launching an attack on the driver in the Ladbroke Grove area of west London on Sunday, October 17. Video shows three members of the group getting into the back of the vehicle around 11.35pm. The group are heard urging the driver to allow a fourth member of the group into the private hire vehicle.
One hooded male is heard saying: “I want four of us in the car. If I can’t get four of us in the car I’m going to get angry. All my friends are coming in bro.” The video shows the same member then grabbing the driver around the neck before punching him. Another member of the group is seen
opening the driver’s door before the driver is pulled out of the vehicle. The dash-cam footage then shows a hooded man sitting in the driver’s seat. The driver, who reported the incident to the police, claimed to officers he was threatened with a gun by the group. He was not injured during the incident, police say. Scotland Yard has launched an investi- gation and have now charged three
people in relation to the incident. Police say three teenagers, two aged 17 and one aged 15, have been charged with robbery and attempted robbery. The teenagers, who cannot be named for legal reasons, have been kept in custody ahead of an appearance at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court. A FreeNow spokesperson told Mail- Online: “The safety of all drivers and passengers when using the FreeNow app is a fundamental priority for us. “We are aware of this particular incident and are fully supporting the police investigation. We take matters like this seriously so when notified of what happened we reported it to the police shortly after this incident took place. “As we have a zero tolerance policy towards customers abusing or assault- ing drivers we have taken the additional measure of blocking not only the accounts linked to this incident but also the devices.”
THE ESTATE IN NEWPORT WHERE TAXI AND PHV DRIVERS ARE TOO SCARED TO GO AFTER DARK
Residents and business owners at an estate in Newport, Gwent, have said they are living a nightmare because of problems with drugs and anti-social behaviour which have led to some city taxi and bus drivers refusing to go there at night. According to WalesOnline, in Alway, which is one of the most deprived areas of Newport, people have described how they are struggling to leave their homes for work because public transport won’t go there after 7pm. Traders have told stories of youths ringing taxis and waiting for them to arrive before ripping stickers off the vehicles and throwing stones at them. Karen Clare, who also lives on the estate, posted on social media a
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picture of a vehicle she was in having been vandalised.
“It has been going on for some time and it appears taxis and buses are the main targets,” another resident, Michelle Davey, said. “But others have had their cars damaged and have nearly crashed. I can see someone being seriously hurt soon. I rely on taxis for my journeys from work and some companies will not come into Alway.” Traders in the area have received a letter from the police informing them they will have more support to help combat crime in the area affecting their businesses, and a dispersal order is now also in place for the estate, but many have said much more needs to be done. Every window in the old vicarage next
door to Saint Teilo’s church has been smashed and they are all now boarded up. People living nearby told of watch- ing hooded vandals throwing bricks at the house for days before each window was wrecked. The residents, who said the area was “rapidly turning into a no-go zone”, said issues of anti-social behaviour and drug use needed to be publicised, but added that they were too concerned of the repercussions should they speak openly about the problems in the area. Malcolm Robinson, 77, who has lived on the estate for 13 years, was asked what he thought about a dispersal order for the area giving police extra powers to deal with anti-social behaviour, he said: “I don’t think it will make a difference.”
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