No sign of an official news release on the Notts Police website, but they've posted this on their Facebook page.
Doesn't sound the most serious incident of its kind, though.
But slightly unusual in that it's one of those entitled pedestrian v driver conflicts. Which are ten-a-penny, particularly later at night. To that extent I'd guess most drivers would just let this one go, but unfortunately the driver challenged the daftie, who then hit the car, then the driver got out, and it didn't end well
Good quality photos, though
https://www.facebook.com/nottspolice/po ... cale=en_GB
We have released an image of a man we wish to trace after a taxi driver was assaulted and had his vehicle smashed.
The incident happened on Saturday 13 December just after 11.30pm.
The taxi driver, a man in his 50s, was waiting at a red light leading onto Lower Parliament Street opposite the Motorpoint Arena.
When the light turned green, a man walked in front of the taxi. When he was challenged, the man punched the front windscreen of the taxi causing the left side to shatter.
The taxi driver left his vehicle and was then attacked by the man.
He received two punches to the shoulder area.
Our officers have carried out a number of lines of inquiry to locate the person responsible but so far, no arrests have been made.
They have now released images of a man that could help them further their investigation.
We are calling on the public’s help to identify him.
PC Matthew Fisher, who is investigating the incident, said: "The taxi driver was just carrying out his duties when he was subjected to this aggressive and thuggish attack.
"Not only would this incident have caused financial hardship for the victim due to his vehicle being smashed but he was also left with pain and discomfort due to the punches he received.
"This behaviour is completely unacceptable, and we are determined to find the person responsible.
"We have released images of a man that could help us with our inquiries and are calling on the public’s help to identify him.
"Do you know the man in the image? Are you the man in the image? Please get in touch with us as soon as possible."
Anyone with information can call 101 quoting incident number 0723 of the 13th December 2025 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
