Cab Driver Jailed After Injuring Woman He Turned Away As A Fare

    A cab driver has been jailed for 18 months after he drove off with a woman clinging to the passenger window of his taxi, leaving her with life-threatening injuries.

    Manchester Crown Court heard that on September 20th last year Karamat Ali refused to take a 22-year-old politics student home after a night out drinking, she then grabbed hold of the lowered front passenger side window, but the 56-year-old Ali put his foot down and sped off. The woman was dragged 57 yards down the road before falling off and suffering a severe head injury which meant a part of her skull has had to be removed and she has lost her sense of smell.

    Ali left the scene and made no attempt to report the accident

    Ali of Craig Road, Heaton Mersey, Stockport has been jailed for 18 months after admitting causing serious injury by dangerous driving and failing to report an accident.

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