...TIMES YOUTHS STAB GLASGOW TAXI DRIVER
A taxi driver was in a serious condition after being stabbed on 15 September by his pas- sengers.
The 33-year-old was knifed in the arm and body. He had collect- ed a group of youths,
thought to be aged 16 to 17, at around 2am in the east end of Glas- gow.
They asked to be taken to Cardonald. According to the Metro, as the driver drove along Queens-
land Drive, the pas- sengers, who were in the rear of the taxi, stabbed him in his arm and body before fleeing. They made off in the direction of a nearby block of flats.
LEICESTER CABBIE’S LIFE THREATENED
A taxi driver was attacked and had his cab vandalised by a passenger who refused to pay his fare. Father-of-two Sohail Iqbal told how at one point during the vio- lent assault his attacker threatened to go into his house, get a gun and kill him. The 30-year-old, from Highfields, Leicester, said the attack had left him “frightened” to go back to work.
He told the Leicester Mercury: “When we reached his house he said, ‘Don’t ask me for the money or I will go and get a pistol from the house and kill you’.”
Business student Mr Iqbal works as a part- time driver for ABC Taxis, in London Road, Leicester.
He said the customer, who he picked up at around 4am on a recent Saturday, had been very polite dur- ing the journey from Oadby, to Mowmacre Hill. But upon arriving at the destination the man turned nasty. Mr Iqbal said he told the man to get out of the cab and was about to leave without pay- ment, when the passenger started to attack his car.
He allegedly punched the driver’s side wing mirror and put a dent
in the vehicle near to the petrol tank.
Mr Iqbal said he tried to call the police but the man opened his door, grabbed the phone from his hands and threw it on the ground.
“I got out of the car to try and get my phone back and then he punched me twice in the face,” Mr Iqbal said.
A police spokesman said: “We had a report of an assault. The taxi driver attended the Leicester Royal Infir- mary for treatment to minor injuries.
“No arrests have been made and inquiries are ongoing.”
DERBY CONTROLLER ATTACKED BY RAIDER
A taxi firm worker said she felt like her eyes were on fire when a robber tossed a mys- tery powder in her face during an early morning raid.
Lesley Manning was working at NPHA member Western Cars, Osmaston Road, when a man burst in and threw the sub- stance at her. The 41-year-old was then shoved into a toi- let cubicle which the robber locked from the outside with a key before searching the premises, taking a substantial amount of cash and running off. Ms Manning was let out by a taxi driver, who heard her banging on the toilet door and
screaming for help. But she said the ordeal would not put her off working at the firm. She told the Derby Evening Telegraph: “I’d just put the kettle on and when I turned round there was a man just standing there. Then before I even had time to react he threw the powder in my face and started pushing me into the toilet.”
Ms Manning said she started running cold water from the sink and splashed it over her face, rinsing what she believes was chilli powder away. She then rang the police, who rushed to the scene and called for an ambulance.
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She was taken to Royal Derby Hospital and had her eyes test- ed before being released the same day. Detective Constable Steve Fuller, based at St Mary’s Wharf police station, said Ms Manning was extremely fortunate not to have been badly hurt.
He added that Ms Manning had been unable to give a description of the rob- ber.
Anyone with informa- tion should contact Derbyshire police on 0345 123 3333 and ask to speak to Det Con Fuller, or they can contact Crimestop- pers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
DEWSBURY CABBIE PLEADED FOR HIS LIFE
A cabbie pleaded for his life as he was stran- gled with his seat belt and punched in the head as a gang of three men turned on him. Allah Ditta Khan begged for his assailants to stop, offering the money from his shift.
The incident happened when Mr Khan, who works for Town Cars in Birstall, accepted a call to Liversedge. There he saw two people out- side the address, one got into the passenger seat and the other in the back before a third man got in and sat behind the driver’s seat. As soon as Mr Khan set off he was attacked.
He told the Spenbor- ough Guardian: “The lad who was sitting behind me pulled my seat belt around my neck and held it there. I just thought ‘I am going to die tonight’.” As Mr Khan was being choked, the man in the passenger seat ripped the car’s radio from the dashboard and used it to smash the wind- screen as the second man in the back went to Mr Khan’s door and repeatedly punched him in the head. Mr Khan said: “Every- thing started going dark and I began to panic. I shouted ‘Please don’t kill me. Take the money, please don’t kill me’.
“They took the £60 or £70 I had, my mobile phone and my keys. I was left stranded.” It was only when the trio left the car that Mr Khan saw the road had been blocked by anoth- er two men, preventing him from running. Left bleeding and suf- fering from shock, Mr Khan sat on the road and called for help. A nearby resident called the police, and Mr Khan was taken to Dewsbury and District Hospital.
Witnesses are asked to contact Dewsbury CID on 01924 431085 or Crimestoppers in confidence on 0800 555111.
PAGE 83 £200 DAMAGE CAUSED TO BURNLEY TAXI
Three men caused £200 of damage to a Red Rose taxi.
The men got into the Vauxhall Astra just before 2am and asked to be taken to Lower-
house Canteen. But they got out of the vehi- cle at Sweet Clough Drive before kicking the wing mirrors off the car and throwing an object which cracked
the windscreen. Two of the men were said to be in their early 20s. One was dressed in a yellow T-shirt and one wore a black hooded top.
LIQUID SPRAYED IN ROCHDALE DRIVER’S FACE
A taxi driver was sprayed in the face with a mystery liquid by a passenger who refused to pay his fare. The driv- er picked up the offender and was told to drive to Norden village. But the passenger refused to pay a £3 in advance and sprayed
the driver in the face with a mystery liquid before running away. According to the Rochdale Observer, the assault happened at about 11.45pm on Friday 14 August the driver did not suffer any serious injuries.
The offender is
described as white, 18 or 19 years old, 5ft 7ins or 5ft 8ins tall and with short black hair. He was wearing a dark blue T-shirt with track- suit bottoms.
Anyone with informa- tion should call 0161 856 8420 or Crimestop- pers on 0800 555 111.
ACCOMPLICE HUNTED AFTER STOKE ROBBERY
Police have arrested a man on suspicion of robbery after a taxi driver was assaulted and had his takings stolen.
The Stoke-on-Trent Sentinel reports that the 28-year-old driver was taken to the Uni- versity Hospital of North Staffordshire and treated for facial injuries following the
attack at around 11.20pm on a recent Sunday night.
He had been forced to stop his vehicle in Trentham Road, at its junction with Stanley Matthews Way, before being assaulted and robbed of his takings. Staffordshire Police have arrested a 39- year-old from Stoke-on-Trent on sus-
picion of robbery. Officers are now trying to trace his accom- plice, who is white, 6ft, aged 30 to 35 and of a medium build.
Anyone with informa- tion about the incident is asked to contact PC Craig Flowers at Stoke-on-Trent CID on 0300 123 4455, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
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