David Neil, a taxi driver was grabbed round the neck in the vicious assault as his cab careered along at 30mph. One of the gang jumped out of the moving vehicle as it swerved across the street, hitting curbs. When Mr Neil, from Burbage finally managed to stop, the three remaining attackers broke door handles in order to escape. Two ... Read More »
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Family’s Facebook Appeal Over 1994 Taxi Murder
The family of a man shot dead as he sat in his taxi nearly 20 years ago have launched a Facebook page in a renewed bid to trace those responsible. Ethsham Ul-Haq Ghafoor, known to his friends and family as Shami, was shot twice in his Ford Sierra while waiting in a car park in Gedling, Nottingham, at 4.30am on November 22, ... Read More »
Taxi driver robbed in severe attack after picking up fare from Shoreham
A taxi driver was punched in the head, robbed and racially abused in a severe attack.The 32-year-old Asian man was attacked in Hillside, Shoreham, by two men he had collected from the Buckingham Arms in Brunswick Road, Shoreham. After stopping to drop off the men at their destination at about 5.30pm on November 10, his passengers refused to pay the fare ... Read More »
Taxi driver attacked by the voilent persons
He was taken to hospital in an ambulance after the attack, just after he had completed his shift on Sunday afternoon This is the incident a taxi driver was attacked by yobs – after he denied to order them a cab saying they were too voilent. Mohammed Arshad aged 48, was rushed to hospital in an ambulance when he was ... Read More »
Taxi driver who drove into family left suicide note
The revelation came because of sorrowful Irish family same they’re still addressing the consequences of the crash in Devon on July six, 2012. A Devon enquiry yesterday into the death of a baby boy detected details of father-of-two Marek Wojciechowski’s final movements before he smashed into the automobile of the Cork-based Twomey family. Last May, Con Twomey (39) died ten ... Read More »
Taxi drivers need new warnings to alert London drivers
The road signs might be coming back to the capital to warn about the urban problems which taxi drivers have to face. Nowadays black cab drivers use outdated Highway Code notices to alert motorists to pedestrians oblivious to traffic because they’re either texting or using headphones. Hundreds of London cabbies are supporting the decision for brand spanking new signs that ... Read More »