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A racist mother sank her teeth into a taxi driver's hand after punching him and calling him an "Egyptian c***".
Sarah McIntyre, 33, from Wavertree, Merseyside, bit Kacem Mehouen's hand so badly, he was left with a broken little finger and unable to work.
The sickening attack was even filmed by McIntyre's own mum, as Mr Mehouen desperately tried to defend himself in his car, reports the Liverpool Echo .
Liverpool Crown Court heard it was the third time McIntyre had racially abused a victim and the second time she bit someone.
Alpha Taxis driver Mr Mehouen collected McIntyre and her mum from Ennismore Road, Old Swan, at 2.55pm on November 25, 2015.
Cheryl Mottram, prosecuting, said McIntyre became “quite aggressive” and ordered him to follow a specific route.
The victim refused, informed his office and asked the operator to send another driver.
Ms Mottram said both women were aggressive and refused to get out until the second car arrived.
She said: “The defendant was being abusive and racist and she called Mr Mehouen an Egyptian c***.”
He got out and rang police , before realising McIntyre had taken his taxi badge, as they exited the vehicle.
Ms Mottram said: “She began to punch him to the face. He was blocking the punches with his hand.
“He nearly fell over in an attempt to avoid the blows that were raining down on him.”
McIntyre’s mum said she had him on video and he saw her filming him.
Ms Mottram added: “He then felt a sharp pain to the little finger of his left hand and looked down to see the defendant biting him.”
He managed to get in his taxi and drive away, before going to hospital .
Mr Mehouen suffered nerve damage and required stitches, a splint and five follow-up appointments.
He could not drive for two weeks, which cost him around £600. He said he is now nervous at work and hopes to find another job.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/racist-mum-sank-teeth-taxi-10200676
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Benefit bosses who axed a multiple sclerosis sufferer's Motability car to save £8,000 over three years offered to pay out £65,000 on taxi fares instead.
Jan Davis, who suffers excruciating pain, had been receiving the Personal Independence Payment, a non-means tested benefit, and used this money to lease a Motability car.
But the DWP last month informed the 58-year-old she would no longer qualify for the disability allowance after a snap reassessment of her benefits ruled she did not need the car to live independently.
Officers of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ruled that she did qualify for help in getting to work as an admin officer for HM Revenue & Customs.
Yet they agreed to pay for a taxi to take Jan, from Ayr, to and from her job in East Kilbride, 33 miles away. That’s eight journeys a week, at £60 each.
The move, which would cost the taxpayer an extra £19,000 a year, was branded "shambolic" by her local MP.
Jan turned to the DWP's Access to Work scheme after taking advice from her MP.
To her surprise, she was informed the DWP would pay for her to take a taxi to and from work - despite a cost of almost £65,000 over three years, compared with the £8,000 cost of leasing a car over that period.
Jan blasted the DWP's approach, saying: "It's crazy - it would have cost them less than £6000 for me to keep the car and yet they are willing to pay up to £65,000 for taxis.
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