UK Taxi Rapes - The 4 Freedoms Library2024-03-28T12:58:34Zhttp://4freedoms.com/forum/topics/uk-taxi-rapes?groupUrl=rape&feed=yes&xn_auth=noTaxi firm in Rochdale offers…tag:4freedoms.com,2015-10-28:3766518:Comment:1721252015-10-28T21:14:00.637ZAlan Lakehttp://4freedoms.com/profile/AlanLake
<p>Taxi firm in Rochdale offers white drivers on demand after two of Pakistani origin were jailed for sex-grooming of girls in town <br></br><br></br>Read more: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2802543/taxi-firm-rochdale-offers-white-drivers-demand-two-pakistani-origin-jailed-sex-grooming-girls-town.html#ixzz3GsOISUFo">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2802543/taxi-firm-rochdale-...</a> <br></br><br></br></p>
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<li><span>Minicab firm Car 2000 says customers are asking for white or…</span></li>
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<p>Taxi firm in Rochdale offers white drivers on demand after two of Pakistani origin were jailed for sex-grooming of girls in town <br/><br/>Read more: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2802543/taxi-firm-rochdale-offers-white-drivers-demand-two-pakistani-origin-jailed-sex-grooming-girls-town.html#ixzz3GsOISUFo">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2802543/taxi-firm-rochdale-...</a> <br/><br/></p>
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<li><span>Minicab firm Car 2000 says customers are asking for white or 'local' drivers</span></li>
<li><span>Firm bought out Eagle Taxis which was at the centre of grooming scandal</span></li>
<li><span>Two drivers of Pakistani origin were jailed for part in sex trafficking & rape</span></li>
<li><span>Labour MP Simon Danczuk has branded development 'extremely worrying'</span></li>
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<p>By BEN WILKINSON FOR THE DAILY MAIL<br/>PUBLISHED: 02:23, 22 October 2014 | UPDATED: 09:38, 22 October 2014<br/><br/>A taxi company in a town tainted by a child sex-grooming gang scandal is offering customers white drivers on demand.<br/>Rochdale minicab firm Car 2000 is offering the choice after two taxi drivers of Pakistani origin were jailed for their part in the sex trafficking and rape of young white girls in the town.</p>
<p>The firm, which bought out Eagle Taxis - a company at the centre of the grooming scandal, has revealed that many customers were asking for white or ‘local’ drivers, it was reported last night.<br/><br/>Taxi company: Rochdale minicab firm Car 2000 (pictured) is offering the choice after two taxi drivers of Pakistani origin were jailed for their part in the sex trafficking and rape of young white girls in the town</p>
<p>Simon Danczuk, the town’s Labour MP, branded the development ‘extremely worrying’ but the council said Car 2000 was doing nothing wrong.</p>
<p>The firm’s boss, Stephen Campbell, manager of Car 2000, told the Guardian: ‘We have had quite a lot of customers requesting what they call a local driver.</p>
<p>‘A bit insane if you consider that most of the [Asian] lads were born in Rochdale. But it’s a business and we have got a duty to do what the customer asks us to.<br/><br/>'Wake-up call': Simon Danczuk, the town’s Labour MP, branded the development 'extremely worrying'</p>
<p>‘I don’t think we can discriminate against the customer in the same way. It is a business at the end of the day. We have a large bank loan to pay back.’</p>
<p>Mr Campbell said around 20 drivers had left Eagle Taxis after the two drivers were prosecuted.</p>
<p>He added: ‘One of them got a knife held to his throat, one of them had his car smashed up.’</p>
<p>Mr Campbell said the exodus cost him an estimated £40,000 - 30 per cent of the firm’s annual profit: ‘It was devastating.’</p>
<p>He said: ‘The Asian drivers are harder working, they do what they are asked and they don’t complain about it. <br/>'If the public could actually see these [Asian] people close up and see what they are about, I don’t think they would be asking for white drivers.</p>
<p>‘We do get a lot of customers ringing up and asking us for a particular Asian guy as well.’</p>
<p>But he said customers who had asked for a white driver might have to wait as long as 20 minutes -compared with the average wait of three minutes.</p>
<p>Mr Danczuk said: ‘This is extremely worrying and a stark reminder of the impact grooming scandals have had on northern towns. It must act as a wake-up call to politicians who just pretend tensions like this don’t exist and bury their heads in the sand.’</p>
<p>Mark Widdup, of Rochdale Council, said: ‘There is currently nothing in the conditions of their licence which state that they cannot operate such a policy, just as some firms choose to offer customers only female drivers.’</p> Taxi drivers licences revoked…tag:4freedoms.com,2015-10-28:3766518:Comment:1721242015-10-28T21:13:26.220ZAlan Lakehttp://4freedoms.com/profile/AlanLake
<h1>Taxi drivers licences revoked in clamp down</h1>
<div id="news-info"><p class="dateonline">Reporter: Amy Westlake<br></br>Date online: 24 April 2014</p>
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<p>Six taxi drivers have had their licences revoked in a clamp down in the wake of the grooming scandal. <br/><br/>Rochdale Council has adopted a new and robust approach to protect vulnerable members of the community from rogue taxi drivers. <br/><br/>The six drivers were considered to be a potential risk to the public either because they had an existing criminal conviction or because the council believed that there was "reasonable cause" to question their suitability to be a taxi driver. <br/><br/>Of the six drivers, one of them allegedly tried to start a relationship with a 15-year-old girl whilst another had connections to some of the men jailed in 2012. <br/><br/>Another driver had exposed himself to a customer whilst another driver had convictions for common assault and had made threats to kill. <br/><br/>This new approach comes after nine men were jailed for 77 years in 2012 for sexual abuse on young girls. Five of the men convicted were private hire drivers, who would drive their victims around in their licensed vehicles. <br/><br/>Since then council bosses, who issue licences to private and public hire taxis, have overhauled the process of assessing new and existing drivers to see if they are ‘fit and proper’ to be on the road. <br/><br/>Andy Glover, Head of Public Protection at Rochdale Council, said: “Taxi drivers are front line workers who come into contact with all types of people, including those who are young and vulnerable, on a daily basis, so it’s vital that we have the right people in these roles. That’s why we are leading the way in Greater Manchester by taking a far more proactive approach to this issue. This sees us work regularly with our partners in the police and children’s services to actively gather and share intelligence and act on it. This is one of the many examples of how agencies across Rochdale Borough work together to protect our residents.” <br/><br/>A seventh driver who had his license revoked has had it reinstated upon appeal.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/86757/taxi-drivers-licences-revoked-in-clamp-down" target="_blank">http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/8675...</a></p> Comment by Antony
I suspect t…tag:4freedoms.com,2015-10-28:3766518:Comment:1722292015-10-28T21:13:02.876ZAlan Lakehttp://4freedoms.com/profile/AlanLake
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Comment by Antony</strong></span></p>
<p><span>I suspect this sort of thing is massively under reported, these cabs seem to hang around nightclubs where the girls coming out of them are not </span><em>compus-menti</em><span> due to ecstacy/dope/alcohol intoxication and may be so out of it they don't know in many cases that they've been drug-raped.</span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Comment by Antony</strong></span></p>
<p><span>I suspect this sort of thing is massively under reported, these cabs seem to hang around nightclubs where the girls coming out of them are not </span><em>compus-menti</em><span> due to ecstacy/dope/alcohol intoxication and may be so out of it they don't know in many cases that they've been drug-raped.</span></p>