A taxi driver was threatened with a bottle and had £20 stolen from him in a robbery in Oxford on Monday, January 2.
Police are appealing for information about the incident, which happened at around 1.25am. The victim, a 43-year-old man, who was driving an eight-seater taxi, picked up six men from the main Oxford Brookes University campus in Headington, who wanted to be taken to Hollow Way.
They arrived in Hollow Way and then four of the men got out of the taxi and walked off, while one remained in the back seat and the sixth then got out of the car and approached the driver’s window. He asked the driver how much money he had on him, before leaning in and threatening him with the bottle. The taxi driver handed over about £20 in cash before driving off. He last saw the offenders running into a nearby park as a group.
The offender who threatened the taxi driver was white, in his mid-twenties, about 6ft, of a skinny build, and was wearing a dark grey hooded top with the hood up over his head. Anyone with any information should call police on 101, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.
