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No detail at all about what happened here. For what it's worth, this was the report on the original court appearance last year. Oddly, he seems to have lost a year in age since then.



Man, 20, jailed after stabbing Stevenage taxi driver

https://www.thecomet.net/news/dobgima-g ... -1-5855660

A Stevenage man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for stabbing a taxi driver at the rank outside the town’s railway station.


Image: British Transport Police/James Creighton/The Comet

Dobgima Gwangwaa, 20, of Swale Close, stabbed a taxi driver outside Stevenage railway station at around 4.30pm on Saturday, September 8. The victim was taken to hospital and treated for his injuries.

Gwangwaa was sentenced at St Albans Crown Court yesterday after being found guilty of wounding with intent.

He was also sentenced to three months, running concurrently, for conspiracy to destroy property and theft – and a further three years on licence, meaning he will be monitored following his release and return to prison if he reoffends.


Image: James Creighton/The Comet


Image: James Creighton/The Comet

sound a bit like an armed robbery that went wrong maybe a drug addict desperate for money ?

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I was thinking something else completely

Just hang him, job done and £2000 a week saved.

Plenty of detail here about what actually led to the stabbing at the rank. And what happened at another rank in Letchworth Garden City

Man jailed for stabbing taxi driver in Stevenage

http://www.bobfm.co.uk/news/local-news/ ... stevenage/

A man's been jailed for seven years after a taxi driver was stabbed multiple times in Stevenage when he told a passenger to pay for the fare up front or leave his car.

20-year-old Dobgima Gwangwaa, attacked the victim with a 12inch kitchen knife, cutting him deeply on the hand, thigh and shin.

The offence happened outside Stevenage railway station at 4.05pm on Saturday 8th September 2018.

Gwangwaa, of Swale Close in Stevenage, had walked down the taxi rank outside the station, asking each driver to take him to Baldock high street.

Each time he was told to pay for the fare up front, he refused and then left the car.

On the last occasion, he slammed the passenger door then punched at the taxi driver through an open window.

The driver left the car and tried to calm the situation with the help of colleagues. At this point a knife fell from Gwangwaa's backpack which he picked up and stabbed at the same driver, catching him a number of times.

He was arrested close by. Officers found the knife stashed in a nearby bush.

Gwangwaa was linked to offences of criminal damage, affray, possessing an offensive weapon and theft on Sunday 2 September 2018.

He had threatened a taxi driver with a rock hammer and smashed the tail light of the man's car at Letchworth Garden City railway station.

He also stole crisps and sweets from a shop in the same area.

Gwangwaa pleaded guilty to all of the offenses at St Albans Crown Court and was jailed for seven years with a further three years on license.

British Transport Police DC Paula Bennett said: "The victim's stab wounds were severe. He was hospitalised and required surgery. While his injuries will heal the emotional effects of this attack will be long lasting.

"Gwangwaa is violent person. He clearly thought nothing of threatening people with weapons to get what he wanted, and was even prepared to use them when things didn't go his way. This long sentence certainly reflects the severity of his crimes.

"There is never a reasonable excuse for carrying weapons in public. When you are caught, you will arrested and brought before the courts. It's never worth it so don’t do it."

Looks like that scumbag would only have stopped once he killed a cabby.

Hope he has a horrible time inside.

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