Vienna cabbie ‘robbed pensioner’
A Vienna taxi driver is being sought by police after attacking and robbing an elderly fare.Police in the capital said today (Weds) an 80-year-old woman had reported being punched by the cabbie when she took out her purse full of large bank notes to pay him last night (Tues/Weds). The pensioner said he then drove off with several hundred Euro leaving her to stagger home.She only reported the incident after telling a friend about it, officers saidA Salzburg taxi driver is meanwhile in court for locking in a fare who failed to pay up.The 51-year-old is accused of shutting all the cars doors after the male passenger, 54, admitted he was unable to foot the 39.80-Euro bill in the incident last April.The cabbie claimed he told the fare he was taking him to a police station to solve the matter, while the passenger who smashed one of the vehicles windows in panic told judges he had been locked in.The fare pressed deprivation of liberty charges. The case continues.