Liverpudlians causing mayhem againhe's got a point thoughThis is the moment a Scouse taxi driver spectacularly takes down a warden giving parking tickets outside the Ariana Grande Manchester bomb tribute concert.
The impassioned voice on the video clip belongs to Robbie Aden - one of the many Merseyside drivers who rescued people from the terror-hit concert last month and then gave people free lifts to the One Love Manchester gig at Old Trafford Cricket Ground on Sunday night.
But while the drivers were waiting outside the concert so that they could escort people home again for free - they noticed parking wardens handing out tickets to those attending the benefit event.
In the video - which has been viewed nearly 30,000 times on Facebook - Robbie can be heard telling a parking warden - who is wearing Let’s Stand Together Manchester stickers - he is “not human”.
He said: “This is not doing a job, there is doing a job and having compassion - this isn’t having compassion.”
He added: “You are giving out tickets to people who were terrified to come here. People died down the road a couple of weeks ago and you are giving them tickets - you are not human.”
Speaking to the ECHO Robbie said: “The police had actually told us to park there, around the back of the ground while we waited to take people home again.
“We couldn’t believe it when they started ticketing people’s cars - and neither could the local residents living there who were also having a go at them.
“People were saying ‘this is wrong’ and allowing us to park on their drives instead.
“The parking warden actually had stickers on saying Let’s Stand Together Manchester - but the way I see it everyone has stood together except them.”
Robbie and many other Merseyside private hire and black cab drivers have received praise for their actions on the night of the Manchester Arena bomb attack, heading to the city to help bring stranded Scousers home.
He said he and others wanted to take some of the same people back to the tribute gig last night because they were “terrified” of going back.
They did not charge for any journeys last night - instead asking for donations for the fund set up to support the victims of the attack.
The ECHO has contacted Trafford council which covers the area of the concert for a response about the parking tickets.
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