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TWO MEN AND A TEENAGE BOY LOCKED UP AFTER CABBIE ROBBED AT KNIFEPOINT IN BARNSLEY


Two men and a teenage boy have been locked up after a taxi driver was robbed at knifepoint sparking a police pursuit as his cab was driven away at speed. Sheffield Crown Court heard on October 26 how Chad Hiles, 21, Tyson Wardle, 32, (pictured) and the teenager summoned the taxi before Hiles held a knife to the cabbie’s throat and then fled in his vehicle in Thurnscoe, Barnsley. Judge Rachael Harrison said Hiles and Wardle acted together and were clearly looking for a vulnerable person. Judge Harrison said Hiles drove at excessive speeds on the wrong


side of the road, driving dangerously, without a licence or insurance and failed to stop for police who deployed a ‘tactical halt’ to stop the vehicle. Officers found Hiles had a lock- knife and a ski-mask. Hiles, of Barnsley, who has previous convictions, pleaded guilty to robbery, dangerous driving, driving without insurance and a licence, and possessing a bladed article after the incident on February 20. Wardle, of Rotherham, who has


previous convictions including violence, dishonesty and possessing offensive weapons, pleaded guilty to the robbery of the cabbie. The teenager, of Barnsley, now 16, also pleaded guilty to robbery of the taxi driver. Hiles was sentenced to 62-and-a- half months of custody. Wardle was sentenced to 81 months of custody, extended to 117 months and he must serve two-thirds of the original 81-month term before he can be released, and he will remain on licence until the end of the extended term. The teenager was sentenced to two years and three months of detention.


20 MONTHS’ JAIL FOR MANCHESTER THUG WHO PUNCHED DRIVER IN FACE IN RACIST ATTACK


A man has been found guilty of punching a PHV driver in an unprovoked, racist attack in May. David Platt, 30, admitted GBH without intent but denied racially aggravated wounding but a jury found him guilty following a trial. Giving evidence, Mohammed Zubair, a driver for Cresta Cars, said he picked up Platt and a woman from near his home. He said he was wearing ‘traditional Pakistani clothes’ as it was Eid and he was going to celebrate with his family. Mr Zubair said after taking them to a shop, they directed him into a dead end. “I thought they were getting out so I slowed down. Then he suddenly punched me,” Mr Zubair told the court. “He was sitting right behind me and it was a single blow, under my


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right eye. I got out of the car.” Mr Zubair said the woman ran off. He then realised the car was still moving and ran to put it into park. “He got out and he was shouting at me,” Mr Zubair continued. “He said: “I’m going to knock you out”. He tried to come closer but I made enough distance from him.” Platt then said: “Look what you are wearing” and “P*** b*****d”. He then told Mr Zubair to ‘get back into your car’.


After reporting it to police, Mr Zubair went to hospital where he was treated for a small fracture to his right cheekbone, as well as an injury to his eyelid, it was said. Platt later admitted the assault, but claimed in the witness box it was because he had ‘seen the taxi driver masturbating’ and struck him with one hand. He said he then got out of the car and called him a ‘scruffy c***’. Platt was asked by the prosecutor if he challenged Mr Zubair about what he alleged happened. He said: “I don’t have to say anything, see what he’s done, just assault him.” But jurors denounced his claims, and found him guilty of racially aggravated assault. Platt, of Canons Grove, Manchester was jailed for 20 months.


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