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Darwen taxi driver attacked and robbed on M65

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A TAXI driver has been left traumatised after he was assaulted and robbed by two passengers while driving them down the motorway.

Mohammed Arif, who works for Response Taxis in Darwen, picked up two men from the Bridgewater Pub in the centre of the town with a view to dropping them in Accrington.

Halfway down the M65, close to Whitebirk, one of the passengers began punching Mr Arif in the back of the head, causing the terrified driver to pull over onto the hard shoulder.

The driver was then punched and grabbed by the throat, before the attacker towards Accrington.

Mr Arif said: “I got hit in the back of the head and stopped the car and one man got out and we had words and he grabbed me and then he ran off.

“The other man, he was saying it was nothing to do with him so I let him stay in the cab if he promised to behave.

“While I was stood on the hard shoulder he must’ve stolen all my money from the taxi because it was all gone when I dropped him off.”

Mr Arif said there was about £80 in cash taken from his cab and he has since been left traumatised by the incident.

He said: “I didn’t go to work for three days because I was in shock. I’m recovered now but I don’t want to take any more jobs from any pubs.”

Mr Arif’s boss said his employee had suffered some psychological damage and was also refusing to take out of town jobs.

Mr Nadeem said: “The Bridgewater pub has CCTV that shows these two men, and we would be grateful if anyone could help in finding them.”

A spokesperson for the police said: “A taxi driver had been assaulted while driving on the motorway. One of the men has made off on the motorway while the other had been dropped off in the Blackburn area.

“The driver was punched and had his throat grabbed. The assault is still under investigation.”

The incident took place around 3pm on Tuesday September 17. Anyone with any information that could help the police should call 101 quoting log number 0819 of September 17.


Image: Lancashire Telegraph

Not sure a cheesy grin is the best look for someone claiming to be 'traumatised' and 'psychologically damaged'

Snazzy pair of trainers, though - look a bit like the ones I wear on the rank

Would have been nice to see the pub's CCTV of the scumbags in the article.

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IDFIMH

personally I prefer to wear shoes

yes as someone who claims to be traumatised he does look a bit cheerful

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

Maybe those pictures were taken prior to the incident.

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IDFIMH

Used to wear shoes and never jeans, but as dress standards have deteriorated here over the years I'm not quite as fussy as I was. Decided a couple of years ago that my own personal dress code was out the window, although I'm certainly still not the scruffiest, and still adhere to the council's dress rules (which to be fair isn't that difficult to comply with, at least compared to some areas).

I usually wear a pair of pure black trainer-type shoes, although 'sports shoes' might be a better description than the more obvious trainer-style footwear in the photo