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WOMEN’S RACIST ATTACK ON LIVERPOOL TAXI DRIVER AFTER REFUSING TO PAY FARE
Two women racially abused a taxi driver and attacked him after refusing to pay their fare. Annette Dutton, 48, said he “shouldn’t be in this country” as she and Sarah Kirby, 36, hurled a torrent of racist abuse at him. As Theophilus Imoukhaden politely asked the women for the money one called him a “black b******” and another accused him of sexually assaulting her. They both appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday 4 September and watched footage of the assault taking place. Kirby from Seaforth, sobbed in the dock as the vile footage was played as Dutton from Stockbridge Village, sat beside her. The court was told that Mr Imoukhaden picked up the drunk women and there was some aggression when Kirby was told she couldn’t charge her phone. The driver pulled over to let the woman charge her phone but Kirby opened her door before the taxi stopped - prompting the driver to ask her not to. Dutton accused him of kidnapping her and called him a “black b******” who “shouldn’t be in this country”. Mr Imoukhaden asked the pair for an upfront payment before he took them any further which is when they stumbled from his taxi saying they wouldn’t pay him because he “attempted to kidnap them”.
Sarah Kirby (L) and Annette Dutton (r)
The taxi driver followed them in an effort to get the money which is when the tirade of foul racist abuse continued which is when Mr Imoukhaden began filming the incident. In it Dutton sings racial slurs and calls the taxi driver n***** multiple times as he remains calm and politely asks for the fare. Dutton then says he is a “black man picking on a white girl”. Mr Imoukhaden is punched, grabbed and kicked to his legs as the racial abuse continues. Eventually, they pay the taxi driver, but Kirby throws coins to the ground and says “there pick it up” before accusing him of
SIKH PHV DRIVER ASSAULTED BY PASSENGERS IN RASCIST ATTACK IN READING
An Indian-born Sikh PHV driver was subject- ed to verbal and physical abuse by his four passengers, prompting the police to launch an investigation. Vaneet Singh, 41, said that the group of men slapped and shoved him, and asked him are you Taliban after he picked them up from the Grosvenor Casino in Reading in the early hours of Sunday 20 September. One of the four also tried to remove his turban. Mr Singh worked as a music teacher at a school in Slough but turned to taxi driving after his teaching job was stalled due to the pandemic. He said: “It was horrible, really frightening, I will never work the nightshift again. I’m still very scared. It’s a very bad expe- rience. It’s my religion so I respect my turban.” One of the four passengers, all described as white, pulled at his turban as he was driving and slapped him on the head, while others kicked and punched the back of the driver’s seat. He says he tried to explain the religious significance of the turban to them and
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asked them not to touch it. He recalled the passengers being well behaved at the start of the journey but “totally changed” as it went on. Mr Singh is suffering from aches and pains since the incident and is convinced the attack was of a racist nature and believes he was a victim of hate crime. Thames Valley Police is appealing for wit- nesses and is yet to confirm their line of inquiry in the assault.
sexually abusing her which the judge brand- ed a “blatant lie”. The footage continues as the victim waits for police to arrive - and soon locals over- hear the commotion and come out of their houses. Shocked by what they’re confront- ed one resident can be heard in the video asking if the taxi driver is OK. As police arrive the pair continue to hurl racist abuse and Dutton threatened “I’m going to punch your f****** head in” and even said she would strangle his children. Following the vile assault, Mr Imoukhaden suffered a split lip rand swelling and a small lesion on the back of his head. After the video was played Judge Louise Brandon branded it “disgusting” and said she was “repulsed” by the racist behaviour. Despite the attack, Mr Imoukhaden said it was not his wish for the women to be pun- ished. In a later statement, he said he didn’t want to see them punished but advised “so they could learn”. The court head Mr Imoukhaden was left feeling “vulnerable”, “isolated” and “disre- spected” after the attack and could not return to work that evening as a result. Kirby pleaded guilty at the first opportunity to racially aggravated assault and racially aggravated threatening behaviour but only pleaded guilty to another count of racially aggravated assault on the morning of her trial - on the basis that she did not bite the victim. Dutton admitted racially aggravated assault and racially aggravated threatening be- haviour. Kirby has 15 previous convictions for 29 offences including two counts of drunk and disorderly, three counts of assaulting a police officer and battery. She received a 26-week sentence suspended for two years which she was in breach of when she com- mitted these offences. She must also pay a £50 fine for the breach of her previous sus- pended sentence. She was also handed a 13-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months. She was ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work and 60 days of Reha- bilitation Activity. Dutton has four convictions for five offences. She received a 10-month sentence suspended for 18 months and was ordered to complete 180 hours of unpaid work with 25 days Rehabilitation Activity. Judge Louise Brandon, sentencing the pair, said: “You have both indicated through your advocates that you regret what you did. You both tried to blame each other in your reports. As such I don’t consider your remorse is for anybody other than yourselves.
OCTOBER 2020
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