Serving prisoner Ian Laurie gets four years for robbing Syed Navqi
7:26pm Tuesday 28th June 2011
Police have pledged to commit to the safety of taxi drivers after a vicious robber was jailed.
Ian Laurie, 27, was jailed for four years at Bradford Crown Court after robbing taxi driver Syed Navqi.
The court heard that Mr Navqi, a taxi driver from Leeds, had taken two women to an address in Tyersal, Bradford, at around 11.30pm on October 24 last year.
When they arrived at their destination, they haggled over the fare, and the passengers agreed to pay £10.
Laurie suddenly appeared and opened the driver’s door.
He was holding a 20-inch-long metal bar which he raised above the taxi driver’s head.
Laurie threatened Mr Navqi and asked him for his money. The taxi driver handed over the £10 still in his hand and was further threatened by Laurie who told him to drive away.
Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC said it was his duty to protect victims like Mr Navqi who was only doing his job and was providing a public service without which everybody would suffer.
Laurie, of Fairfield Road, Bramley, Leeds, is serving a sentence of 15 weeks’ imprisonment for a summary offence and the new sentence will start when that has been served.
Detective Inspector Ian Bryar, of Bradford South CID, said: "We have a strong commitment to the drivers who provide a valued service to the people of Bradford and this outcome really emphasises our stance.”
Source; http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/n ... _Bradford/
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