Vauxhall cabbie tried to jump from speeding car
Monday, 28 September 2009
A COP screamed in “terror” after an unlicensed minicab driver tried to leap from a speeding car, a court heard.
Abdi Cibaar, of Laud Street, Vauxhall, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court last week, charged with dangerous driving.
The 39-year-old was pulled over by Clapham officers PC Sharp and PC Davis as part of an anti-touting operation in Clapham High Street.
The officers boarded Mr Cibaar’s Ford Galaxy before the driver sped away.
The court heard how officers tussled with Cibaar, desperately trying to force him to stop the speeding car before it hit other road users.
They pulled the handbrake of the car – only to discover that it didn’t work.
PC Davis said: “He was wailing and groaning.
“We were both screaming for him to stop the car.
“I thought he was going to deliberately crash.
“I’ve never been more terrified.
“I was convinced someone would be killed.
“I could see vehicles outside.
“As they passed by I knew it was only a matter of seconds before we hit something.”
The car came to a stop when Cibaar was pulled into the back seats by the officers at around 1.30am on March 23 last year.
District Judge Caroline Tubbs said: “You drove dangerously and put the lives of two police officers and other people at great risk.”
Cibaar was jailed for 20 weeks for dangerous driving and fined £515 for driving without insurance.
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