JUST DESSERTS
JAIL FOR THUG WHO LURED BRADFORD PHV DRIVER INTO TRAP AND SEIZED HIM BY THROAT
A would-be robber who seized a PHV driver by the throat and demanded money after luring him into a late-night trap has been jailed for 32 months. The Telegraph and Argus reports that Daniel Mortimer booked the Access Private Hire vehicle to his home in Shipley, then launched the attack, Bradford Crown Court heard on Monday, 31 August. He opened the driver’s door, seized the cabbie round the throat and repeated: “Give me the money.” When the driver managed to get his vehicle into gear and it rolled forwards,
Mortimer kicked him in the stomach, prosecutor Emma Downing said. He finally let go when the PHV pulled away. The driver rang his firm and the police were alerted. Mortimer, 32, pleaded guilty to assault with intent to rob shortly before midnight on June 2 last year. The court heard that the PHV driver could have sped off when Mortimer
was hanging on to his cab door but he chose not to, fearing he could be flung under the wheels and seriously hurt. The victim sustained pain to his throat and stomach in the attack, Miss Downing said. Mortimer had a previous conviction for assault with intent to rob and 18 other convictions including assault by beating, possession of an offensive weapon, robbery and matters of dishonesty. Recorder Abdul Iqbal QC said vulnerable people who worked alone at night providing a public service must be pro- tected by the courts.
WIGAN THUG SCREAMS AT JUDGE AFTER HE IS JAILED FOR DESPICABLE TAXI DRIVER ATTACK
A criminal, who looks after his elderly mother, screamed at a judge: ‘are you going to look after my mum’, as he was jailed for attacking a taxi driver. The Manchester Evening News reports that David Meehan, 39, screamed from the dock as he was locked up for his role in the attack on June 14, 2019. Bolton Crown Court heard that in the early hours of the morning, following a wake, Meehan and Anthony Greenall, 39, rang Bluestar Taxis to pick them up from an address in Wigan. The cabbie had been warned about the men by a colleague, who had picked them up earlier after they had been kicked out of a bar. Upon arriving at 4.30am, the driver could smell alcohol on both men and they were ‘immedi- ately rude’, the prosecution said. Meehan, of Wigan, said ‘take us home, you black taxi driver’ and the victim asked for £3.50 up front, wary that the men would leave without paying. Greenall reached into his pockets before telling the driver that he had ‘f*** all’. He then said: “You must take us home, otherwise you’re f***ed.”
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The driver told the men to behave or he wouldn’t take them. Meehan then start- ed punching the driver’s face and body, but the victim managed to get out of the car. The men then gave chase. Meehan held a wine bottle above his head as if planning to hit the driver, while both men shouted threats at him. Greenall then ripped a windscreen wiper off a nearby car and hit the victim with it, knocking his glasses off. One of the men also kicked the driver door, damaging the wing mirror in the process, the court was told. The victim ran away again and both men gave chase, Meehan gave up but Greenall caught him and tried to punch the victim again. Meehan then shouted Greenall and both men left. When the victim returned to the car, the dashcam and keys were missing - these were not recovered. In a victim impact statement, the driver
said he was left ‘extremely frightened’ and he wanted to change jobs. The court heard that Greenall has 10 convictions for 13 offences, the most recent in 2007. Meehan has 13 convictions for 23 offences and was on a conditional discharge at the time. Both men denied being involved in the attack but pleaded guilty to affray on the day of their trial. Jailing Meehan for 20 months, the Judge referenced his previous poor compliance with court orders and that the probation service have assessed him as being a high risk of causing seri- ous harm to the public. As he was taken down by the dock offi- cer, Meehan shouted: “Are you going to look after my mum, she can’t look after herself. You’re going to do nothing.” Greenall was sentenced to 19 months imprisonment, suspended for two years. Judge Smith said: “You have not sought to minimise this attack, on the contrary, you have written a full and frank apology to [the victim].” Greenall was also ordered to complete 15 rehabilitation requirement days.
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