TERROR TIMES


HULL PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER REPORTS PASSENGERS TERRIFIED AFTER ATTACK BY E BIKE GROUP


An Uber driver in Hull claims his vehicle was chased and damaged by a “group of teenagers on electric bikes” around 10.45pm on Saturday night, 18 October, in Anlaby,


leaving his elderly


passengers severely shaken. The driver said the “hooligans” ultimately smashed the rear window of his car while he was driving two passengers, whom he described as being “in their sixties.”


The driver’s main concern was the anxiety caused to his passengers. He described actively evading the group while calling the police. The driver claims that aggressive youths on bikes are a frequent issue for those who drive at night, especially as they “use the cover of darkness”: He noted they are difficult to see, stating: “These hooligans are going around on the bikes in full


camouflage gear... They are in black head-to-toe, with balaclavas on.” He expressed concern for the future: “We are coming into winter now, and their cover of darkness is going to get even longer.” He stressed that this is a widespread concern: “Every taxi driver I speak to, they all have got issues. It is a major safety concern. It is the nuisance they cause and the criminal damage.”


KNIFE WIELDING ROBBERY HIGHLIGHTS TIDE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST FIFE AND TAYSIDE CABBIES


A Fife taxi driver, Kay Rooney, has spoken out about the lasting trauma following a knifepoint robbery by an attacker who was on bail for a similar offence. On May 9, Kay Rooney was held up by passenger Claire Duncan, a crack addict who had appeared in court for a near-identical attack just five weeks earlier. Duncan, a backseat passenger, “lunged across so quickly” and held a “massive breadknife” against Kay’s neck, demanding


cash and declaring: “Give me your money, don’t be a bitch.” Kay, who sustained a cut hand and friction burns while struggling, said she instantly thought “it was game over, I thought she was going to kill me,” and tearfully recounted that when she pleaded: “You don’t want to do this, I’ve got kids,” but Duncan “didn’t care.” Duncan robbed her of her takings, and ID, and was later caught attempting to rob a third cabbie. Kay Rooney


questioned why


CABBIE ALLEGEDLY THREATENED WITH GLASS BOTTLE IN CLYDEBANK


A 49-year-old woman has been arrested and charged following an alleged incident where a taxi driver was 'threatened with a glass bottle' in Clydebank. The alleged altercation took place on Clarence Street and police were called to the scene. A Police Scotland spokesperson


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confirmed: “On Tuesday 21st October at 7pm at Clarence Street in Clydebank, a 49-year-old female was arrested and charged for making threats towards a taxi driver with a glass bottle.” A report on the incident has now been submitted to the procurator fiscal.


Duncan was at liberty to attack her, stating: “They made the wrong call, they let her out. I could have died... The punishment doesn’t fit the crime.”


Duncan, who wept during her court appearance, was sentenced to 40 months in prison, reduced from the maximum five years due to an early guilty plea. The incident with Kay Rooney is part of a wider “tide of violence” against cab drivers in Fife and Tayside, which includes: l death threats and assaults l serious robberies and attacks l fatal violence: the murder of driver Mark Ward


Drivers in Dundee have reached the point of “demanding self- defence lessons” due to the fear. Kay is now driving only “safe” contracts and known passengers, but suffers from “terrible nightmares” and PTSD. throat.” Fife Council stated they are aware of the incidents and “take driver safety extremely seriously”.


NOVEMBER 2025 PHTM


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