Appeal following assault on taxi driver in Rossendale
Police want to locate this man in connection with the assault
Lancashire Police is appealing for information after a taxi driver was assaulted in Rossendale.
The incident occurred shortly before 4am on Sunday May 1st, close to the Shell garage on Bacup Road.
Two men had been travelling in the taxi when they asked the driver to stop at a cash machine.
A disagreement broke out when they revealed to the driver they could not pay their fare, and one of the men reportedly punched the taxi driver to the back of the head.
Both men and the taxi driver alighted the vehicle, at which point one of the vehicle doors was slammed on the driver’s ankle.
The two men made off in the direction of Stacksteads.
The taxi driver suffered bruising and minor injury.
Officers have now released a picture of a man they would like to speak to in connection with the incident.
PC Kate Brady, of Lancashire Police, said:
This was a vicious assault on a taxi driver who was simply going about his work.
We are keen to speak to the man pictured and would urge him, or anyone who knows who he is, to contact us.
– PC Kate Brady
Anyone with information should contact police on 101, quoting log number 229 of May 1st.
source: http://www.itv.com/news/granada/2016-05 ... ossendale/
