JUST DESSERTS
JAIL FOR MAN WHO SHOWED NO REMORSE AFTER BRUTALLY ROBBING CABBIE IN EAST LANCS
A man who viciously assaulted and robbed a taxi driver by luring him to East Lancashire has been jailed. The Lancashire Telegraph reports that in March 2018, a taxi driver, in his 40s, arrived in Whitworth to collect a passenger. After parking up at around 11.30pm, he was attacked by four people, including Nathan Scott, 23, who kicked and punched the innocent taxi driver to his face and body. Another
of the offenders was brandishing a large knife, but luckily the taxi driver managed to escape by crawling out of the vehicle. The four offenders then attempted to steal the cab, but they ran off when they were unable to do so. They stole
the taxi driver’s PDA and his mobile phone, with photos of the victim’s family. Following a lengthy investigation, Scott, from Manchester, was arrested in Rochdale, six months later. He pleaded not guilty to the charges but following a trial at Burnley Crown Court, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit robbery and was jailed for four and a half years.
RECENTLY RELEASED NEWCASTLE MAN BACK IN JAIL AFTER PULLING OUT MACHETE IN TAXI AND ATTACKING PC
Karl Glendenning left a taxi driver terri- fied after pulling out a large machete just weeks after being released from prison for having a gun. ChronicleLive reports that Glendenning was locked up in 2018 for possessing the gun and other offences and was
released on licence on July 20 this year. On August 16 a taxi driver picked him and a woman up to take them to a pub. Newcastle Crown Court was told that the cabbie noticed Glendenning appeared to become stressed during the journey. The taxi driver saw a police
BURGLAR CAUGHT CAB AS A GETAWAY THEN PULLED KNIFE ON TRAFFORD DRIVER
A burglar caught a taxi as a getaway after he raided a house - then ‘pulled out’ a knife during a row over the fare with the driver. The Manchester Evening News reports that Jamie McCullough is now starting a four-year prison sentence after a sentencing hearing at Manchester Crown Court on Tuesday 21 September. McCullough, 34, from Altrincham, pleaded guilty to burglary, causing damage to property, possession of a bladed article, making off without payment and a public order offence. Greater Manchester Police said McCullough had an argument with the driver’ over the fare during his getaway and pulled out the stolen knife, before
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kicking and smash- ing the rear window of the car in an attempt to escape. The driver flagged down a passing police vehicle in- forming officers that McCullough was in possession of a knife. He was pursued on foot before being arrested by officers nearby. During interview with officers, Mc- Cullough confessed to having burgled the house in Hale on June 13, fleeing the property with items including a knife, laptops, credit cards and an iPod. It’s understood the driver wasn’t injured.
vehicle behind with its blue lights on. He went to stop the car but the defendant shouted ‘don’t stop, drive faster.’ The cabbie heard a banging sound and saw the defendant had a machete and was bang- ing it against the plastic screen in the taxi. He felt extremely frightened and felt threatened that he might be injured. Glendenning, 24, got out of the taxi brandishing the machete, waving it at the officers, striking the taxi. A police officer tried to taser him but it was unsuccessful and he was dragged out. He backwards headbutted a PC, hitting him in the chest. The cabbie said in a victim impact statement: “I will constantly worry about a similar attack happening again.” Glendenning pleaded guilty to possessing a bladed article, affray and assaulting an emergency worker and was jailed for 22 months. The court heard that Glendenning has 18 previous convictions, including for possessing an offensive weapon, a knife and a handgun, affray and common assault.
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