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SHEFFIELD TAXI DRIVER AVOIDS PRISON FOR DRIVING AT CYCLIST IN ‘MOMENT OF MADNESS’
A Sheffield taxi driv- er has narrowly avoided being sent to prison, after he drove at a cyclist in a ‘moment of mad- ness’ and caused her to fall off her bike. The incident took place at 9am on January 26 last year, when
defendant
Iftikhar Ahmed was driving his Volkswa- gen Passat taxi up Ecclesall Road. According to the Star, Sheffield Crown Court was told how a cyclist in front of
Ahmed indicated that she was about to overtake a bus. Ahmed, from Shef- field, drove forward and blocked her way around the bus. She hit the near side passenger window to talk to Ahmed who opened the window and shout- ed something ag- gressive. The cyclist called him a “psy- cho.” Following the alter- cation, the bus and the cyclist both began to move off, but Ahmed, 46,
drove straight at the cyclist in what the Recorder described as a ‘moment of madness’. She fell off her bike, and subsequently told police she fell because Ahmed hit her with his taxi. The cyclist suffered a sprained wrist, grazing to her knees and bruising to her hip. In a victim impact statement submit- ted to the court, the cyclist said she did not want Ahmed to be sent to prison -
SHEFFIELD DRIVER JAILED FOR DEALING CLASS A DRUGS
A Sheffield taxi driv- er has been jailed after police found £15,000 worth of heroin and crack cocaine
at
address. The Star
his reports
that Teroy Tate, 37, was jailed for four and a half years at Sheffield
Crown
Court last month. Police said Tate was stopped while driv- ing his taxi and, following a search, he was found to be in possession of an ounce of crack co- caine. When officers sear- ched his home address, they recov- ered a further ounce of crack cocaine and packages of heroin stored in a shoebox in Tate’s bedroom, worth a street value
74 Teroy Tate
of £15,000. A significant amount of cash was also found and seized. Tate was charged with possession with intent to supply hero- in and crack cocaine and possession of criminal property under the Proceeds of Crime Act. He pleaded guilty to both the charges on August 14. Investigating Officer Detective Constable
Steven Hemsley, said: using
“Tate was legitimate
employment as a taxi driver as a smokescreen for his criminal activity and this should be a warning to others who might be doing the same. “To all of those involved in drug- dealing in our city, we are working hard to disrupt your activity and prevent you from exploiting vulnerable people. “I am satisfied with the sentence that Tate has received and I would hope that it’ll serve as reassurance to the public, that we are taking significant action against drug dealers operating across Sheffield.”
but asked for him to be banned from driving. Ahmed
pleaded
guilty to a single count of dangerous driving on the first day of his trial last month. He pleaded guilty on the basis that he did not physically hit the cyclist with his taxi, but caused her to fall and injure her- self by driving towards her. Jeremy Barton, de- fending, said: “This defendant behaved, and drove, in the most dreadful way. He’s lost his licence, he’s lost his licence to drive as a taxi driver. He has suf-
fered significant
stress as a result of his own stupidity. He has suffered, his family have suffered, which he accepts is his own doing.” A number of charac- ter references were submitted to the court on Ahmed’s behalf, from people including city coun- cillors and rep- resentatives
from
the Sheffield Islamic Centre and his for- mer employer, City Taxis. Recorder Monteith sentenced Ahmed to 15 months in prison, suspended for
two years,
ordered him to com- plete 280 hours of
unpaid work as well as a 15-day rehabili- tation activity re- quirement through the Better Drivers programme. He also banned him from driving for 18 months, after which time he will be required to take an extended driving test should he wish to hold a full licence again. Recorder Monteith said he was able to ‘reluctantly’ suspend Ahmed’s prison sen- tence, after Mr Barton’s mitigation on his behalf just put him on to the ‘right side’ of the sentencing guide- lines.
WATFORD DRIVER JAILED FOR TRANSPORTING COCAINE IN TAXI
Two men from Wat- ford have been jailed after using a taxi to smuggle co- caine worth around £10,000. According to the Hertfordshire Mer- cury, Mohammed Adil Khan, 28, and Nasir Hussain, 25, were found guilty of conspiracy to sup- ply class A drugs at St Albans Crown Court at the end of August. Both men played a part in supplying cocaine from Wat- ford to the Luton area, with Khan working as a taxi driver while trans- porting the drugs.
The men were part of an organised crime group and were arrested fol- lowing a lengthy and complex investi- gation as part of Operation Relent- less by Hertfordshire Constabulary’s Cov- ert
Investigations Mohammed Khan
Both men were con- victed after plead- ing not guilty to the crimes, with Khan sentenced to two years and nine months and Hussain sentenced to six years in prison.
Unit. DCI Tracy Pember- ton said: “Operation Relentless is the response to the on- going threat from organised criminal gangs. The force is committed to identi- fying and pursuing individuals and net- works involved in serious and organ- ised crime.”
OCTOBER 2019
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