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Merseyside teenagers in taxi terror ride
THREE terrified teenagers were bundled into a Hackney cab and threatened with a beating by furious taxi drivers. Lewis Ball, 15, and brother Nicholas, 13, were walking home after school with friend Jay Callaway, 15, when a cabbie ran up behind them and punched Lewis in the head.
He shouted “You’ve just ****ing bricked may taxi” before grabbing the boy and frogmarching him through the Charlotte Pagsey Woods, near Saxon Way, Kirkby. The other boys followed shouting at the driver, who then threw all three into the maroon Hackney cab of a friend waiting on the corner of Saxon Way and Washington Drive.
Diane Ball, who lives in Kirkby with her sons Lewis and Nicholas, told how the boys, all pupils of Maghull High School, were left shaken and distressed after the attack.
“They just got off the bus and took their usual short cut through the woods on to the estate. They hadn’t thrown a brick through anybody’s window, they were just caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. They were hysterical in the taxi, with no idea where these men were going to take them or what they had planned.”
The boys’ shouts alerted a resident on Washington Drive, who came out as the boys escaped. The maroon cab and a white Hackney cab then sped away.
Merseyside Police confirmed they are investigating Tuesday night’s incident, and said no taxi drivers had reported vandalism to any of their cars.
Detective Inspector Natalie Perischine, said: “This must have been an incredibly scary and upsetting situation for these teenage boys to find themselves in. We believe this was an unprovoked attack where they were wrongly identified and happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
“We are now actively seeking the culprit and would appeal for anyone with information to contact us 0151 777 6564 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”
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