Don't miss out on the big stories from Manchester's courts with our weekly newsletter A Manchester man has been jailed for four and half years after a taxi driver was 'callously lured to Whitworth so he could be beaten and robbed'.
At around 11.30pm on March 2018, the taxi driver – a man in his 40s – arrived to collect a fare on Lloyd Street. After parking up, he was attacked by four people, including 23-year-old defendant Nathan Scott, who kicked and punched him to the face and body. READ MORE : 'He didn't stand a chance': Family's horror as boy battered in sudden, brutal attack in park One of the offenders then brandished a large knife.
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