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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 passengers until he passed out.

Cabbie George, who did not want to give his surname for fear of reprisals, picked up two men from a taxi rank in Sunderland city centre last Wednesday evening.

They asked to be taken to an address in County Durham and even paid a deposit up front.

But they allegedly launched the assault after asking him to stop the taxi so they could go to the toilet. The pair eventually ran off after kicking and punching George until he blacked out.
Passing motorists stopped to give first aid and alerted the emergency services.

George was taken by ambulance to Sunderland Royal Hospital suffering head and facial injuries and spent five hours undergoing a number of x-rays.

George, from Sunderland, says his assailants stole nothing and even left their £20 deposit, which was on the dashboard of the Ford cab.

"I've been a taxi driver for about 10 years. I've had trouble before but not this serious.

"I think it might be getting worse at this time of year as everyone needs money and there are no jobs."

He added: "They way they grabbed me from behind, I could not do anything.

"I've been left with a black eye, my forehead is all black and blue, my throat is really sore and I've got a big scratch on the top of my head."

Now George's wife wants him to quit the trade. But says he cannot afford not to work and will be behind the wheel again once his face has healed.

Durham police have confirmed a man has been charged with attempted robbery and remanded in custody. A second man has been released on bail pending further inquiries by police.

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Let's hope the fingerprints of the scum are still on the note.

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Attacked cabbie blasts jail terms

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A battered cabbie has slammed a jail sentence handed to two men who throttled him during a brutal roadside attack.

The injured driver has been stunned after Keith Cullen and Kenneth Musgrave were sent down for just 30 months each.

The thugs, who have 134 previous convictions between them, have left the Wearside family man suffering nightmares and anxious about working.

Cullen and Musgrave hailed a taxi from Sunderland railway station after spending the afternoon drinking in the William Jameson pub, Durham Crown Court heard yesterday.

They asked to be taken to the County Durham village of West Cornforth, but told the driver to stop on the way.

Prosecutor Gavin Doig said: "It was about 5.30pm when they reached Sherburn, near Durham City.

"One of the defendants said he wanted to use the toilet.

"The driver pulled over into a makeshift layby and Musgrave grabbed him from behind and held him tightly by the neck.

"He was forced from the car and describes how he nearly passed out.

"The driver came to and saw Musgrave in the driver's seat of his Ford Tourneo taxi, revving the engine.

"Bravely, he got up from the road and grabbed the keys, at which point Musgrave ran off."

The court heard Cullen then jumped into the driver's seat of the taxi.

"Any attempt to drive it away was frustrated by the absence of the keys," added Mr Doig.

"A passer-by, Stephen Boxx, intervened, and helped drag Cullen from the taxi."

Cullen, 33, of Azalea Terrace North, Ashbrooke, Sunderland, and Musgrave, 31, of Medway Close, Great Lumley, each admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and attempted vehicle taking on November 11 last year.

The court was told Cullen has 41 previous convictions and Musgrave has 93 previous convictions, including a joint offence of ram raiding for which they were jailed for four years each in 2004.

Lawyers for the pair said the attempt to take the taxi was not planned and was carried out when they were intoxicated.

Judge Guy Whitburn QC jailed the pair for 30 months each.

Speaking after the hearing, George, 59, who did not want to give his surname for fear of reprisals, said: "It's not long enough, as everybody says.

"I don't work as many hours as I used to and I was getting nightmares.

"One of the witnesses said he was a doorman and it was the worst assault he had ever seen."

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