As soon as this happened I got out of the car whilst the car was still rolling.” “He was sitting right behind me and it was a single blow, underneath my right eye. Then all of a sudden he just punched me,” Mr Zubair told jurors. “This was a dead end, I thought they were getting out so I slowed down the vehicle. On the way back, he said the couple asked him to turn right instead of left, which would have taken them back to Canons Grove. Mr Zubair said Mr Platt sat directly behind him and the woman sat directly behind the front passenger seat on the return journey.
“They said they wanted to go back and I thought they were going back to Canons Grove.” They both went into the shop and returned after a couple of minutes. “They told me to put the radio on, they just told me to go to the shop and I went. “They said they were going to the shop on Rochdale Road and I drove there,” he said. Mr Zubair said that at around 4.30pm he was called to Canons Grove for a fare, and said that he waited for a few minutes before a man and a woman came from behind to get into the car. He told jurors that on May 3 this year it was the second day of Eid, and he was wearing ‘traditional Pakistani clothing’ which included a ‘long dress’ that goes down to the knee.
#The last taxi dance film driver
Today, Mohammed Zubair, a taxi driver for Cresta Cars, gave evidence from the witness box.
#The last taxi dance film trial
Mr Platt is charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent and racially aggravated wounding, and is on trial at Manchester Crown Court. He then allegedly said to the driver: “Look what you are wearing, P*** b*****d”.
The woman ran away, whilst Mr Platt, of Canons Grove, Monsall, shouted at the taxi driver: “I’m going to knock you out”, jurors heard. The driver then felt a ‘punch’ to the right side of his face, before he got out of the car, he told jurors. READ MORE: Thug told mother of his child 'I’m not going to stop until you’re dead' as he beat her in own home Minutes later, they returned to the taxi and asked to be taken back, but gave the driver different instructions, leading him to a ‘dead end’ street, it was said. A man punched a taxi driver in the face as he was driving before hurling racist abuse at him, a trial has heard.ĭavid Platt, 30, and a woman got into the taxi in Monsall before they asked to be taken to a convenience shop in Harpurhey, Manchester Crown Court heard.
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