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07.10.2022 - 23:27 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A man has been found guilty of brutally punching a taxi driver in an unprovoked, racist attack. In May this year, David 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.
Minutes later, they returned to the taxi and asked to be taken back to Canons Grove, but gave the driver different instructions, leading him to a ‘dead end’ street.
The driver then felt a punch to the right side of his face, before he ran out of the car in shock whilst it was still rolling. The woman ran away, whilst Platt, of Canons Grove, Monsall, shouted at the taxi driver: “I’m going to knock you out.”
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He then motioned to the driver about his traditional Pakistani clothing and said: “Look what you are wearing, P*** b*****d”.
Platt admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent but denied racially aggravated wounding. A jury has since found him guilty following a trial.
Giving evidence, Mohammed Zubair, a taxi driver for Cresta Cars, said he picked up Platt and a woman from near his home after having to beep his horn when they were running late. He said he was wearing ‘traditional Pakistani clothes’ including a long robe as it was the second day of Eid and he was going to celebrate with his family.
“They (the couple) said they were going to the shop on Rochdale Road and I drove there,” he said. “They told me to put the radio on, they just told me to go to the shop and I went. They both went into the shop and returned after a couple of minutes.
“They said they wanted to go back and I thought they were going back to Canons Grove.”
Mr Zubair said Platt sat
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