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CARDIFF TAXI DRIVER BIT MAN AND HIT HIM WITH CHAIR LEG IN ROAD RAGE INCIDENT
A taxi driver bit a van driver’s thumb and hit him over the head with a wooden chair leg in a road rage incident in Cardiff. Awil Karshe, 42, attacked Nathan Lloyd after pulling open his Transit door while the van was stuck in traffic and bit down hard on his thumb when the victim tried to push him out. When Mr Lloyd left the van Karshe hit him twice to the top of the head with a chair or table leg he had kept in his taxi, causing a wound which required staples in hospital. According to WalesOnline, the incident took place in Wellington Street, Riverside, during the rush hour period on October 10 last year. The defendant denied the offences and claimed he was the victim and had been racially abused but he was found guilty of unlawful wounding and possession of an offensive weapon following a trial at Cardiff Crown Court. Recounting the facts of the case in court on Friday 25 September, Recorder Paul Lewis QC said Karshe was driving along Albert Street around 6pm when he was obstructed by a van belonging to Mr Lloyd who was in the process of helping his father move a fridge freezer. He described the defendant as being “anx-
ious to pass” and “impatient” and said he began to sound his horn. Karshe, from Grangetown, got out of his taxi and began to verbally abuse Mr Lloyd’s father and in retaliation Mr Lloyd punched the defendant’s wing mirror. The victim drove off, with his girlfriend Lau- ren Davies in the passenger seat, but was followed by Karshe who was described as “angry” and “bent on confrontation”. When Mr Lloyd stopped at traffic lights, Karshe pulled into a nearside lane and jumped out of the taxi while armed with the wooden leg. Recorder Lewis said: “You brandished the weapon as if to strike the passenger window
TAXI DRIVER TRIES TO LURE SCHOOLGIRL INTO CAB IN NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE
A petrified schoolgirl ran for her life to escape from a taxi driver who attempted to lure her into his cab as she walked home. The 11-year-old was walking past Blythe Bridge train station around 5.30pm on Tues- day 15 September when a taxi pulled up and the cabbie - described as Asian with stubble and spiky black hair - tried to persuade her to get in. It is believed the same driver had approached the victim an hour and 20 min- utes earlier. The girl’s mother shared details of the inci- dent on Facebook to warn others. She said: "My daughter came in and said that a taxi driver asked her to get in his car. "He slowly drove up to her and she knew something was wrong. He also approached her a bit lower down the road too some time earlier. "Please spread the word as I want to make
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of the van but stopped within inches of the glass. You opened the passenger door of the van and leaned in while holding the weapon close to Lauren Davies’ face, who was terrified by your behaviour. “Mr Lloyd undid his seatbelt and reached over to push you out and you then bit down hard on his left thumb causing him injury. “Having pushed you from the van Mr Lloyd climbed out of the van by climbing over his girlfriend. You attacked him and hit him at least twice to the top of the head with the chair or table leg causing a wound.” The struggle continued and Mr Lloyd punched Karshe in self-defence but when both of them ended up on the floor the defendant got up, jumped into his van, and drove on the pavement to avoid traffic and make his escape. Mr Lloyd was left bleeding from the head wound and was taken to hospital where he received six staples as well as hepatitis and tetanus injections for the bite wound. During his trial Karshe claimed Mr Lloyd was the aggressor in the case, that he was racial- ly abused and defended himself with the leg which he found in the street, but this was rejected by the jury and by Recorder Lewis. Karshe was sentenced to a total of two years in jail.
THURSO DRIVER POSTED OFFENSIVE COMMENTS
other children aware. My daughter's fine and did the right thing by running straight home." Officers have now launched an appeal for witnesses. The suspect is thought to be aged in his late 30s and his taxi was black with a yellow stripe or sticker.
A Thurso taxi driver who posted offensive comments about his ex-partner on social media has been given a chance to show he can behave. Peter Thomson, 55 admitted a reduced charge of breach of the peace at Wick Sher- iff Court for the offence which occurred between July and August of this year. Thomson and Evelyn Bain had separated earlier on in the year. Fiscal David Barclay said that Thomson’s actions had, perhaps, been prompted by the fact that Ms Bain had decided to move on with her life and had entered into a new relationship. The court was told that Thomson, from Thurso, had apologised for his behaviour and given an assurance there would be no repeat of it. He was made subject to a four-month good behaviour order.
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