There's a video on the website but, unlike what the headline says, you can't actually 'watch' the tasering as it's a dashcam so only audio of what happened. But more than enough for me
Watch as teenage boys Taser taxi driver to try and steal Enfield cabhttps://www.mylondon.news/news/north-lo ... i-18173239One of the teenagers attempted to wrap the driver’s seatbelt around his neck and they later stabbed him three timesThree teenage boys have been sentenced to a total of nine-and-a-half years detention after they attempted to rob a private hire driver, who they Tasered and stabbed in the leg three times.
A mini-cab driver in his 30s picked up the trio, two aged 16 and the other 17, from Betstyle Road, in Enfield.
During the journey they asked him questions about the car and when he parked up to drop them off in Ivy Road, in the Southgate area of North London, they demanded he hand over the car keys.
One of the teenagers attempted to wrap the driver’s seatbelt around his neck, while another Tasered him.
Although the driver managed to escape from the car and run away, the suspects quickly caught up with him and stabbed him three times in the leg before stealing the keys.
The trio, who cannot be named for legal reasons, then fled the scene without taking the vehicle on the afternoon of October 11, 2019.
The victim was helped by a member of the public until emergency services arrived. He was taken to hospital where his injuries required surgery.
Detectives from North Area Command launched an investigation and on October 16, two of the defendants were caught after they were arrested in connection with an unrelated robbery.
The third teenager, one of the 16-year-olds, handed himself in on October 21.
He was the last of the three to be sentenced in connection with this investigation.
On Wednesday (April 29) he was sentenced at Wood Green Crown Court to three years’ in a young offender institution for causing grievous bodily harm with intent and attempted robbery.
The other 16-year-old boy appeared at Wood Green Crown Court in February where he was sentenced to four years and two months’ in a young offender institution having pleaded guilty to attempted robbery, possession of a prohibited weapon and aggravated vehicle taking.
The 17-year-old boy appeared at Wood Green Crown Court in February where he was sentenced to 32 months in a young offender institution having pleaded guilty to attempted robbery.
Detective Constable James Byrne, from the Met’s North Area Robbery Focus Unit, who led the investigation, said: “This was clearly a pre-planned attack in which the defendants were intent on using serious violence to get what they wanted.
“The victim suffered a horrific ordeal at their hands and his injuries could have been far more serious if not for the fast response of a quick thinking member of the public and emergency services.
“The incident has had a profound effect on the victim’s quality of life and personal wellbeing. I am pleased that these boys have been removed to a place where they are no longer a danger to the community.”
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