All Entries in the "Crime" Category

Man jailed for attack on Gravesend taxi driver

A man has been jailed for an indeterminate period for a brutal attack on a defenceless taxi driver in Kent. Driver Gordon Bailey, of Gravesend, was left with serious facial injuries after the assault.

Student tells of taxi driver harrassment

A second year Cardiff University student claims that a taxi driver made sexually inappropriate comments towards her during a journey home after a night out.

Teen thought her attacker was a taxi driver

A RAPIST has been warned he faces jail after attacking a teenager who mistook his car for a taxi.

Man arrested following bogus taxi sex attacks

A man has been arrested following an investigation into a bogus taxi driver who attacked women.
“I must stress the importance of only using licensed and preordered taxis and where possible I would urge women not to travel alone.”

Arrests over taxi driver robbery in Slough

Nine people have been arrested after a taxi driver in his 70s was attacked by a gang of robbers in Slough, Berkshire.

Slough taxi driver beaten up by gang in robbery

A taxi driver is in hospital after he was attacked by a gang of robbers in Slough in Berkshire.

Video: Cab’s CCTV snares racist attacker

A PASSENGER who carried out a racist attack on a mini-cab driver has been jailed after the assault was captured by an in-car CCTV camera. Ashley Marlow was sentenced to eight months in prison after admitting the assault on a DG Cars driver in Carlton Road, Sneinton, in November……..

Man charged In Newcastle Rape Case

A man has been charged with raping a 19-year-old student in Newcastle.

CCTV to help find Newcastle Rapist

CCTV images have been released of a car detectives investigating a rape in Newcastle want to trace.

Student raped in Newcastle

A 19-year-old has been raped after a night out in Newcastle city centre.

Police said the woman got into a car, which she thought was a taxi……….

Taxi driver left beaten in road

A taxi driver was beaten unconscious and left lying in the road after a savage assault.
The 59-year-old is alleged to have been attacked by two…….

Racist thug banned from taxis

A RACIST thug is believed to have become the first person on Teesside to be banned from using taxis after an attack on an Asian cabbie.

Mark Brown was given a court order banning him from flagging or ordering taxis anywhere in England and Wales for a 12-month period.

The 27-year-old was charged with assault and racially aggravated harassment following an attack on a hackney driver.

Brown and his girlfriend were picked up by the 59-year-old driver Barkat Ali on Albert Road in Middlesbrough in the early evening of ………….

Taxi warning after sexual assault

Police are warning of the dangers of unlicensed taxis after a woman was sexually assaulted in Oxfordshire by a man claiming to be a taxi driver.

The woman, in her 20s, was walking along the High Street, Banbury………

Taxis must remove safety grilles

Taxi drivers in Coventry are considering not working in the evenings after being told they must remove safety grilles from their cabs.

More than 500 of the grilles have been put into city hackney taxis by drivers who fear they could be attacked…..

Robber forced to hand back cash

A taxi driver chased after a robber and made him hand back his stolen takings after being robbed at knifepoint in his cab in Luton.