Taxi driver slashed by teen girls - over a £6 fare
A TAXI driver was brutally slashed by two girls who refused to pay a £6 fare.
The pair, aged 15 and 16, carried out the sickening assault with a craft knife on the doorstep of the house which grandad Alistair Mackay had driven them to.
Around 30 taxis raced to the scene within five minutes of the attack after Alistair, 61, pressed his panic button.
One driver said: "The police also got there very quickly - and it was just as well with 30 taxi drivers trying to get at this pair of scumbags."
Alistair, a dad of four and grandad of 13, suffered face and back injuries.
He said last night: "These girls were just wee things and had been quite chatty during the journey.
"When I got to the house, they said they would need to go inside to get money.
"I waited for 10 minutes then knocked the door. I said, 'It's about the taxi fare.'
"She replied, 'What fare?' She shut the door and I knocked again.She opened it and went for me, flailing at my face with a knife.
"I fell to the ground before I could get back to my taxi and hit the alarm."
As other cabbies raced to the Tango Call which signals a driver in danger, police sped to the scene in Castlemilk, Glasgow.
The occupants of the house refused to answer the door - and police were forced to break in with a battering ram.
Neighbours and cab drivers applauded as the suspects were led out. Police confirmed two girls, aged 15 and 16, had been detained and said a report would be sent to the fiscal.
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