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'I wouldn't touch a night shift with a bargepole': Former taxi driver after man attacked at rank


Police have revealed that a gang of up to eight people were involved in a vicious attack which left a Boston area man with serious facial injuries.

The assault was so serious that Lincolnshire Police have released CCTV images of people they want to interview after he was set upon at a town centre taxi rank in the early hours.

And now a former woman taxi driver has revealed that she wouldn't work a weekend night shift because of the fear of violence.

She spoke as a taxi firm manager which uses the rank outside Boots confirmed that late-night incidents were all too frequent.

The local man was left with a serious injury to his jaw after being assaulted at the taxi rank.

And the Valentine's Day incident is being treated by officers from the force as "a serious assault."

It happened at around 4am on Sunday, February 14 outside Boots at the taxi rank in Boston.

Officers say a 26-year-old local man was seriously assaulted and suffered a serious injury to his jaw as well as various bruises and abrasions.

Investigating officer Detective Constable Sue-Ellen Wilson released the CCTV images in bid to identify individuals in a group caught on camera by the borough council's town centre network.

"We heard all about this attack at the taxi rank and it's really unfortunate that the CCTV images aren't the best," said the former driver who would only be identified as Debbie.

"Taxi drivers working weekends have to put up with so much now – years ago it was just a case of taking people home safely,

"The behaviour of people who are drinking in the town centre until the early hours of the morning has got worse and worse down the years,

"Rudeness and verbal assaults on drivers are now accepted as part of the job.

"But now men and women, both local and other nationalities, seem to have absolutely no respect for authority or the police if they're at the scene.

"Years ago I'd work a night shift on the taxis – but now I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole."

Swift Taxis manager Sean Mooney said at the firm's Tenens Way offices: "I was out at 1.30am last Saturday morning in West Street and had to swerve to avoid a group who were fighting in the street.

"It's a regular occurrence at weekends, it's happening all the time."

Lincolnshire Police spokesman Nerys McGarry said: "We believe that up to eight people may have been involved in this attack.

"The victim isn't English-speaking, but he is recovering and we really need to trace the people who were involved in the incident.

"No witnesses have so far come forward since the CCTV images were released."

Anyone who knows the people in the pictures or who witnessed the assault should call Lincolnshire Police on 101 quoting incident number 75 of February 14.

Or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.


Read more: http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/would ... z41MU32kZy

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Nah migrants don't cause trouble and have a bad reputation for violence

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

They do in Boston.

In my experience they behave themselves till there numbers rise and they turn parts of towns into ghettoes.

It's the same round here, some parts are like Poland where streets have been taken over by them.

And businesses if companies have a 70 to 80 percent polish workforce non poles are blacked by the polish workforce who refuse to work with them

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

Sports Direct near me is full of Poles, the only English who work there are in the offices. The nearby town of Shirebrook is called little Poland, they're having some right problems round there with them. There was a programme on Inside out on the BBC on Monday about Shirebrook.