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MR T
PostPosted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 2:11 am 
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Taxi driver shot in the back in Liverpool street

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Another sad tale proving how dangerous the job really is.

I wonder if it would have happened if the vehicle had CCTV? :?

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Sussex wrote:

I wonder if it would have happened if the vehicle had CCTV? :?


The chap wasn't in his taxi, he was in the street. He just happens to be a taxi driver.

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I wonder if it would have happened if the vehicle had CCTV? :?


The chap wasn't in his taxi, he was in the street. He just happens to be a taxi driver.

It is thought the gun was fired through the seat by someone sat in the back of his private hire cab. The bullet went into his lower back and out through his front, causing massive internal injuries.

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Sussex wrote:
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I wonder if it would have happened if the vehicle had CCTV? :?


The chap wasn't in his taxi, he was in the street. He just happens to be a taxi driver.

It is thought the gun was fired through the seat by someone sat in the back of his private hire cab. The bullet went into his lower back and out through his front, causing massive internal injuries.


My Apoligies, the report that I read just said it happened in the street.

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It's always been one of my concerns that an attack will come through from the back of my seat and I have often wondered if there is no way to somehow protect against such things. His family and loved ones must be distraught now and I hope he makes a full recovery

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It's always been one of my concerns that an attack will come through from the back of my seat and I have often wondered if there is no way to somehow protect against such things. His family and loved ones must be distraught now and I hope he makes a full recovery


There would be no problem actually fitting a steel or aluminium plate into the back of the drivers seat. I don't know how thick it would need to be to stop a bullet at close range but anything up to say 2mm would stop a knife from being pushed through. The seat would need to be removed and the cover taken off, fit the plate and replace the cover.

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It's always been one of my concerns that an attack will come through from the back of my seat and I have often wondered if there is no way to somehow protect against such things. His family and loved ones must be distraught now and I hope he makes a full recovery
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There was another person shot dead last night.... in the same area.... but that's coincidental of course..... :roll:

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Is there some sort of feud going on ?
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Is there some sort of feud going on ?
No just a normal week in Liverpool....... is it not the same were you are ... :oops:

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MR T wrote:
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Is there some sort of feud going on ?
No just a normal week in Liverpool....... is it not the same were you are ... :oops:


Pmsl :lol: :lol: You'll be giving a bad reputation to the city MrT

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toots wrote:
MR T wrote:
edders23 wrote:
Is there some sort of feud going on ?
No just a normal week in Liverpool....... is it not the same were you are ... :oops:


Pmsl :lol: :lol: You'll be giving a bad reputation to the city MrT


I think the people shooting people do that.

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captain cab wrote:
toots wrote:
MR T wrote:
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Is there some sort of feud going on ?
No just a normal week in Liverpool....... is it not the same were you are ... :oops:


Pmsl :lol: :lol: You'll be giving a bad reputation to the city MrT


I think the people shooting people do that.

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Don't be so pedantic, you know what I mean :lol:

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Latest update.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpoo ... -26347602/

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Wonder if he will stay in the trade? If he does I would suspect he might be going Hackney and buying a Hackney spec wav?..... :roll: :-| Or move to a safer part of the country, preferably not here......
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