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Author:  Sussex [ Fri Jun 04, 2010 9:21 pm ]
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Woman attacked for 80p taxi fare

A terrified mum today told how she was attacked by a taxi driver who drove her home after a night out. Amanda Dingwall, 23, got into a cab alone at the Green Terrace taxi rank in Sunderland city centre in the early hours after she had been out with pals. But as she went to get out of the taxi at the junction of Park Parade and St George's Terrace in Roker, she realised she was 80p short.

She told the taxi driver she would pop inside the house to get the rest of the money, but as the mum-of-one went to get out of the car, the taxi driver locked the doors. "I told him to give me two minutes while I run into the house and get the rest of the money," Amanda said. "He locked the doors and told me I was going nowhere.

"I started screaming my head off and I think that frightened him. I don't know how I did it, but I managed to get out of the taxi." "He jumped out and chased me before he jumped on me and had me on the floor. He was hitting me while I was down there. "There was no-one about and I kept thinking 'what's he going to do?'."

The taxi driver then grabbed her mobile phone, her handbag, containing her purse with her bank cards, and her house and car keys and fled the scene. Amanda, who was made redundant from Littlewoods earlier this year, suffered bruising to her arms and legs.

She said: "You just don't expect that from a taxi driver. You trust them when you get into that car and I will never, ever, ever get into a taxi on my own again. "You think you're safe and if I hadn't fought back in the taxi in the way I did, I wonder where I'd be now."

Police have launched an investigation into the incident – which happened at about 3am on Sunday – which they believe was carried out by a genuine taxi driver.

The taxi driver is described as white and in his late 40s to early 50s. He is 5ft 10 tall, of medium build, and has grey or white unkempt hair. At the time of the assault, he was wearing dark blue trousers and a light blue top. The taxi was a white estate car, similar to a Ford Focus.

Neighbourhood beat manager for the area, Pc Simon Burnicle, said: "I'd urge anyone who may have been in the area at the time and who may have seen anything or who recognises the description of a taxi driver to contact the police."

Anyone with information on the attack should phone police on 03456 043 043 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Author:  toots [ Fri Jun 04, 2010 9:32 pm ]
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If you hadn't asked if it seemed iffy in the first place it might have been easier to get a gut reaction. Now I can't decide if there is something not right about it or I'm looking for something not right about the circumstances :?
Author:  Sussex [ Fri Jun 04, 2010 9:49 pm ]
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toots wrote:
If you hadn't asked if it seemed iffy in the first place it might have been easier to get a gut reaction. Now I can't decide if there is something not right about it or I'm looking for something not right about the circumstances :?

If it had been eighty quid, or even eight quid, then it might be a bit more plausible. But 80p. :?
Author:  toots [ Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:21 pm ]
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Yeah I can see what you mean about the 80p but it wasn't that which I thought strange tbh. It all seems too graphically explained if you know what I mean. It could just be that she remembers better than I think I ever would, who knows. It may well be the whole truth and nothing but. I'm sure time will tell :-|
Author:  Nigel [ Sat Jun 05, 2010 9:49 am ]
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Something not right about this one.
Author:  gusmac [ Sat Jun 05, 2010 3:19 pm ]
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Got to agree. All that for 80p?

3am on a Saturday night shift. He'd have lost far more than if he just let it go and went back into town.

It doesn't add up.
Author:  towag [ Sat Jun 05, 2010 4:02 pm ]
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Either the trade is full of seething potential nutters or this punter is out to screw some poor unsuspecting cabbie of his livelyhood and liberty..... FFS 80p !? :roll: :?
Author:  edders23 [ Sat Jun 05, 2010 6:37 pm ]
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Yes it does sound a little out of order is she trying to cover up for something else with this story that having been said I know of cabbies round here that have punched punters when problems arose it could be the truth I have a feeling though that we will never find out because they will not be able to trace the cabby or the cps will drop the case
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