Interesting.
I wonder what device could have been used to record details of the event to make things so much easier for the police and whoever was the good guy?
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| Author: | captain cab [ Thu Jan 16, 2014 9:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Hanley minicab driver arrested after slashing customer |
Hanley minicab driver arrested after slashing customer with knife during row over fare in Stone Hanley minicab driver arrested after slashing customer with knife during row over fare in Stone POLICE have arrested a minicab driver after a customer reported being slashed with a knife in a row over a fare. The 37-year-old suspect has been questioned on suspicion of wounding after a man was left needing 17 stitches. Police were called to Cressey Close, Stone, in the early hours of Monday following reports of a man being stabbed. Victim Callan Wilde was treated at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire for slash wounds to his shin and abdomen. Now 25-year-old Mr Wilde has returned to work after needing time off following the incident. Mr Wilde says he caught a minicab at the taxi rank in Stafford Street, Hanley, after going to the Genting Club Casino, in Trinity Street, with friends. He says he agreed to pay £20 to be taken home to Navigation Loop, on the Whitebridge Estate in Stone. He does not know the name of the minicab firm. He said: "When we were on the A34 near Trentham Gardens the driver said it was too far and he wanted another £20. I didn't have any more money, so I said I would give him my phone and when I got home I would get some more cash. "He took the phone and nothing else was said until we got to the estate. I directed him to my house but he went into a cul-de-sac. "He wouldn't give me my phone back, and I said I wasn't getting out without it." Mr Wilde claims the driver then produced a 'Stanley-type knife' with a four-inch blade from his driver's door. He added: "I grabbed his hand with the blade in it, trying to get it off him, and put my weight on him. "While I was on his side of the car I was slashed in the stomach. "He opened the door and we fell out and somehow my shin was slashed too." Mr Wilde says his screams alerted a nearby householder who ran to his aid. He added: "The driver drove away. The lady compressed my wounds and phoned for the police and ambulance." Mr Wilde, whose girlfriend Holly Derricutt is due to give birth in May, needed nine stitches in his abdomen and eight in his leg before being released from hospital. The suspect, who has not been named but lives in Longton, has been bailed by police pending further inquiries. A Staffordshire Police spokesman said: "Police were called at around 3.30 am on Monday to a report of a stabbing outside an address in Cressey Close, Stone. "A 25-year-old man was taken to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire for treatment to wounds to the side of his stomach and shin. "A 37-year-old man from Longton was arrested on suspicion of wounding and was released on police bail pending further inquiries." Anyone with information about the incident should call police on 101. Read more: http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Taxi-dri ... z2qXw41qSS |
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| Author: | grandad [ Thu Jan 16, 2014 10:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hanley minicab driver arrested after slashing customer |
He caught a minicab at the taxi rank! He didn't know the company name! So it was an illegal pick up! The journey is 10.8 miles and the driver wanted £40.00. Nice! |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Fri Jan 17, 2014 12:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hanley minicab driver arrested after slashing customer |
captain cab wrote: POLICE have arrested a minicab driver after a customer reported being slashed with a knife in a row over a fare. Surprised the DfT didn't include that as their number 4 proposal. 4. Should drivers be allowed to slash and rape punters? 4a. In London this appears to be popular, what concerns would this proposal cause drivers and operators outside of London? 4b. Would this have a financial consequence? 4c. What other criminal offences could we legalise to reduce red-tape? |
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| Author: | roythebus [ Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hanley minicab driver arrested after slashing customer |
Not a pre-booked fare, was it actually a licenced private hire car and driver? |
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| Author: | grandad [ Fri Jan 17, 2014 11:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hanley minicab driver arrested after slashing customer |
roythebus wrote: Not a pre-booked fare, was it actually a licenced private hire car and driver? The report would seem to suggest that it was a private hire vehicle but who knows. |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Sun May 31, 2015 9:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hanley minicab driver arrested after slashing customer |
Longton taxi driver cleared of stabbing customer in fare dispute in Stone CABBIE Abdul Qaseem walked free from court after he was cleared of knifing a passenger in a row over a fare. Jurors at Stafford Crown Court unanimously found him not guilty of wounding Callan Wilde, and possessing a knife. Mr Wilde ended up at hospital with two and a half inch wounds to his stomach and leg as a row over the fare escalated in to violence. But the taxi driver told the court Mr Wilde would not pay up at the end of a journey from Hanley to Stone, demanded back the mobile phone he had handed over as security for the money and then attacked him. Qaseem, aged 38, of Leveson Street, Longton, was cleared following a four-day trial of charges of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, an alternative charge of unlawful wounding and possessing a knife in a public place. Qaseem, who was working for Lucky 7 taxis, said Mr Wilde threatened to kill him - and pulled out a Stanley-type knife. "I was scared, I was frightened and wanted to save my life - may be he kill me," said Qaseem, who made a grab for the knife. The weapon fell to the floor during the struggle, Qaseem picked it up to defend himself and tried to get out of the cab, but they both ended up on the floor outside. The prosecution alleged that Qaseem stabbed Mr Wilde in the stomach and slashed his leg. Mr Wilde claimed he gave Qaseem the agreed fare of £20, some of it in coins, before they set off from Hanley in the early hours of 13 January last year. When they got to Trentham, Qaseem demanded another £20 and Mr Wilde handed over his £500 iPhone as security for the extra money. Qaseem told the jury Mr Wilde said he wanted to go to Trentham and he was told the fare would be £15. The customer said he didn't have any money on him and handed over his iPhone until he got home to get the cash. When they reached Trentham, the passenger said it was further on, he would give directions, and was told it would be an extra £5. Qaseem said he drove on and stopped where he was asked. "That gentleman said to me 'I want my phone back'. Then I said you need to pay me £20, you promised me earlier." He didn't get the money and he didn't give back the phone. At that point the passenger got aggressive. "He said 'if you don't give me my mobile, I'll kill you'. He took a knife from his pocket; looked like a Stanley knife. I was frightened." The cabbie called 999 at that point and a recording of the call was played in court. "He attacked me, he tried to stab me," said Qaseem. "When I saw the knife coming, I pushed it. "I got a cut [on the knuckle]." The knife fell on the floor and Qaseem picked it up and tried to get out of the cab. Mr Stephen Bailey, defending, asked his client if he knew exactly how Mr Wilde's injuries were caused: "I'm not sure, but the struggle when I open the door and he try to hitting and punching my head and he jump over me. "When I fell out [of the car] I don't remember what happened with the knife, may be on the floor, may be in the car, I don't know." Mr Bailey asked Qaseem if he had deliberately wounded Mr Wilde intending to cause him serious harm and the cabbie replied "No". The cabbie also refuted a suggestion from Mr Beardwell that he was "taking advantage of a drunken man." "You thought you would try to attack him and get some property off him," asserted Mr Beardwell. "No," replied Qaseem. Read more: http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Taxi-dri ... z3bhYJACDJ |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Sun May 31, 2015 6:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hanley minicab driver arrested after slashing customer |
Interesting. I wonder what device could have been used to record details of the event to make things so much easier for the police and whoever was the good guy?
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