Shane Hurley, 41, avoided immediate jail after pleading guilty to assaulting taxi driver Mohammed Hanan in an attack so severe the victim required stitches.

Hayadulla Turkmani, 53, from Hornchurch, was found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving after a 15-day trial. The jury acquitted the private hire driver of murder and manslaughter.

Dramatic footage captured thick black smoke billowing into the sky from the cab, which was parked on the kerb just a few feet away from nearby residential houses. 

Hawkar Karimi, of Wavertree, engaged in a terrifying high-speed pursuit through residential streets before smashing his cab into the victim’s car during a shocking episode of road rage on Edge Lane.

On 15 October, Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled a car that he said will be able to fly, a feature long relegated to science fiction and Saturday morning cartoons.

Around 15 demonstrators rallied against the ongoing tests, which Wayve is currently conducting across the capital alongside driverless technology firm Waymo, using human safety operators on board.

The taxi firm revealed in a statement that its dispatch teams regularly encounter situations where customers ask for specific drivers to be withheld because they are foreign or Muslim.

Father-of-three Jean Nlemvo, said he agreed to transport the illicit parcel from Manchester to Merseyside for a fee of just £75 due to financial difficulties.