White Woman Furious at Police Failure to Find Paxi Driver Who Used Her Face as a Punching Bag

Daily Mail
August 15, 2014

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Jess Rowles was left needing stitches to her lip and chin after allegedly being punched in the face by a Pakistani taxi driver following a night out in Bristol on July 27.

These photos show the horrific injuries a woman suffered after being punched in the face by a rogue taxi driver following a night out.

Jess Rowles, 24, said she was assaulted by the taxi driver in an ‘isolated’ street after she told him she didn’t have enough money to pay the fare as he took her home on July 27.

She had enjoyed several drinks with a friend in Bristol city centre prior to the incident and was on her way home at about 2.30am when the taxi driver allegedly locked the doors before driving to the random street.

The insurance company worker said she realised during the drive home she didn’t have enough money and asked the taxi driver to stop off at a cash point.

However, he ended up dropping the two young women off in the secluded street – miles from home – before allegedly assaulting Miss Rowles.

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Miss Rowles said she told the taxi driver she didn’t quite have enough cash to pay the fare and asked to be driven to a cash point, It was then that he punched her in the face.

She said: ‘We had £14 but he wanted £20 so we asked him to take us to a cash point.

‘He refused, locked us in the cab and said he was going to take us back to where he collected us.

‘But in fact he dumped us in (another road) which was dark, but to be honest we were just glad to be able to get out the cab.

‘Then as we walked away he got something out the boot of his car and sprayed us with water.

‘I went back to ask him why he had done that and it felt like he punched me in the face.

Avon and Somerset Police were informed of the incident but have now closed the investigation due to lack of evidence, infuriating Miss Rowles, who thinks they have done the ‘bare minimum’.

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Avon and Somerset Police has closed an investigation into the case which Miss Rowles blasted them for, saying they had done the ‘bare minimum’. She now has the support of MPs who said the attack was ‘cowardly’.

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