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06.10.2022 - 08:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A man accused of punching a taxi driver in a racially motivated attack has told a court it was because he 'saw him masturbating'. David Platt, 30, has admitted wounding, but denied racially aggravated assault.
Manchester Crown Court previously heard that taxi driver Mohammed Zubair, picked up Mr Platt and a woman on May 3 this year and took them to a convenience shop on Rochdale Road, Harpurhey.
They returned after a few minutes and directed him to take them back to Canons Grove, but asked him to turn right instead of left, leading him to a ‘dead end street’, prosecutors allege.
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Mr Platt then punched Mr Zubair once to the face causing him numerous injuries including a fractured cheekbone. Prosecutors allege that after getting out of the taxi, Mr Platt said to Mr Zubair, who was wearing traditional Pakistani clothing: “Look what you are wearing. P*** b******”.
Mr Platt denies making the racially abusive comments.
On day two of the trial, Mr Platt took to the witness stand and gave evidence. He initially admitted that he lied in his police interview, where he told officers he was not responsible for the assault.
Asked why, by his barrister Timothy Ashmole, he said: “I wanted to go back home, back to my family, I was just p****d off, I wanted to get myself home.” He admitted that he later pleaded guilty to the assault at a previous court hearing.
Mr Platt told jurors that on May 3 he got a taxi from near his home address to the shop on Rochdale Road to ‘buy some balloons’. He later clarified this was ‘nitrous oxide canisters’. He said his girlfriend had called for the taxi and their intention was to go to the shop and go back
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