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Knife held against taxi driver's throat in attempted robbery in Grangetown
A man got in the passenger seat and demanded takings after the taxi driver had arrived to pick up a fare at around 3.45am
A taxi-driver was threatened with a knife by a passenger in an early hours attack.
Police are appealing for information after the 26-year-old driver was targeted on Tennyson Close in Grangetown .
He had arrived to pick up a fare at around 3.45am on Saturday in his blue Skoda Octavia.
A man got in the passenger seat, took out a knife and held it against the driver’s throat - demanding his takings.
After a struggle with the driver, the man left empty handed in the direction of St Patrick’s Road on a bicycle.
The driver sustained cuts to both hands as a result of the incident and needed treatment at hospital.
Anyone who knows the suspect, or may have seen anyone acting suspiciously around the junction of Birchington Avenue and Slater Road at around 3:35am the same morning, is asked to contact DC Mick Jackson on the non-emergency number 101, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.