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Bad move the driver getting out of the car, but the perp doesn't look particularly threatening, so can understand why the driver did it


Violent Scots thug attacked taxi driver with glass bottle after he asked him to pay his fare

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scot ... i-27493087

Brandon Lundy left Samson Emmanuel fighting for his life after permanently disfiguring him in a row over payment


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A thug freed early from jail brutally attacked a taxi driver who demanded he pay his fare. Brandon Lundy smashed a bottle over the head of Samson Emmanuel leaving the victim blood-soaked last July 17.

The 22 year-old had earlier threatened to kill Samson and after striking him boasted: "See, I told you." The private hire driver was left with a horror wound near his left ear and needed surgery as well a vital blood transfusion.

Lundy - who had been released from prison after a previous violent crime - later called police to confess to the attack in Glasgow's Cranhill. He is now back behind bars after he pled guilty to assaulting Samson to his severe injury, permanent disfigurement and danger of his life.

Lundy will return to the dock next month. The High Court in Glasgow heard Samson went to a pick-up in Longstone Place, Cranhill around 5.20am on the morning of the attack.

Lundy got in the back and stated he wanted dropped off in Hillington in the southside of the city 10 miles away. Due to the distance, Samson asked for the fare upfront which got the thug annoyed.

The worried driver tried to calm Lundy down. Prosecutor Shanti Maguire said: "Lundy then shouted 'I am going to kill you' if he did not take him to Hillington."

Samson left his car and ordered Lundy to get out. The thug punched the cabbie in the face. Miss Maguire: "Samson Emmanuel put his hands up to protect himself and then ran off.

"Lundy picked up a glass bottle, went after him and then hit him around the head area causing it to break. He cut the driver's face and said: 'See, I told you'."

Lundy fled and, despite blood spurting from the injury, Samson managed to drive himself to hospital. Medics found he had a nasty slash wound on the left of his face.

He went on to need an operation and has been left scarred for life. Miss Maguire said the injury was life threatening due to the amount of blood lost.

Detectives traced the contact details of the taxi booking which included an email address in Lundy's name. Four days after the attack, Lundy then called police to discuss an "incident with a taxi driver" adding: "Basically it was me that done it."

He asked to be picked up by officers, but then went AWOL. It was in August 23 last year that he was eventually found at an address in the city's Riddrie.

The court heard Lundy had been on licence at the time of the attack. He had been freed from an 18-month jail-term earlier imposed for a assault to severe injury conviction.

The sentence had not been due to expire until September 26 2021. Judge John Morris QC remanded Lundy in custody as sentencing was deferred for reports.

That thug needs to be locked up for a considerable time.

He is a real danger to society.

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'You have an atrocious criminal record': Thug JAILED over private hire driver attack in Glasgow

https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/206 ... k-glasgow/

A thug who brutally attacked a private hire driver having been freed early from jail has been sentenced to six years.

Brandon Lundy smashed a bottle over the head of Samson Emmanuel on July 17 last year after the driver demanded his fare.

The 22-year-old had earlier threatened to kill Mr Emmanuel, and after striking him boasted: "See, I told you."

The private hire driver was left with a horror wound near his left ear and needed surgery as well a vital blood transfusion.

Lundy, who had been released from prison after a previous violent crime, was today locked up again at the High Court in Glasgow.

He had previously pleaded guilty to assaulting Mr Emmanuel to his severe injury, permanent disfigurement and danger of his life in the city's Cranhill.

Judge John Morris QC told Lundy: "You have an atrocious criminal record.

"Due to the physical and mental harm caused, only a substantial custodial sentence is appropriate.

"I am concerned that the public is adequately protected - for that reason, I will impose an extended sentence."

As a result, Lundy will be supervised for a further year on his release.

Mr Emmanuel went to a pick-up in Longstone Place, Cranhill, around 5.20am on the morning of the attack.

Lundy got in the back and stated he wanted dropped off in Hillington around 10 miles away.

Mr Emmanuel asked for the fare upfront which got him annoyed.

Prosecutor Shanti Maguire said: "Lundy then shouted 'I am going to kill you' if he did not take him to Hillington."

Mr Emmanuel left his car, ordered Lundy out, but the thug then punched him in the face.

Ms Maguire said: "Samson Emmanuel put his hands up to protect himself and then ran off.

"Lundy picked up a glass bottle, went after him and then hit him around the head area causing it to break.

"He cut the driver's face and said ‘see, I told you'."

Lundy fled and, despite blood spurting from the injury, Mr Emmanuel managed to drive himself to hospital.

Medics found he had a slash wound on the left of his face which has left him scarred for life.

Detectives traced the contact details of the taxi booking which included an email address in Lundy's name.

Four days after the attack, Lundy then called police to discuss an "incident with a taxi driver" adding: "Basically it was me that done it."

He asked to be picked up by officers, but then went AWOL.

It was in August 23 last year that he was eventually found at an address in the city's Riddrie.

Lundy had been on licence at the time of the attack.

He had been freed from an 18-month jail-term earlier imposed for an assault to severe injury conviction.

The sentence had not been due to expire until September 26, 2021.

Tony Lenehan, defending, said Lundy was "a man who could make something of himself" should he "find an even keel in his life".

another dangerous animal that needs to be locked in a cage

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

I suspect if he tries it on inside it's not going to end well for him.

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