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26/07/2006
Four charged with cabbie murder
Four youths have been charged in connection with the murder of taxi driver Mohammed Pervaiz in Huddersfield on Saturday.
Michael David Hand, 19, and three other teenagers - two aged 17 and one aged 16 - who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at Huddersfield Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
Mr Hand and the two 17-year-olds were remanded in custody, while the 16-year-old was remanded in a secure unit.
All four, who are also charged with violent disorder, are due to appear before Bradford Crown Court on August 2.
Four females arrested on Monday afternoon in connection with inquiry have all been released without charge.
However, an 18-year-old man arrested on Tuesday evening on suspicion of murder is currently being held in police custody.
A 16-year-old boy was also arrested on suspicion of murder on Wednesday.
Mr Pervaiz, a 41-year-old father-of-three from Birkby, was killed while responding to a request for a fare in Field Head, Golcar on Saturday night. A post-mortem revealed that he died as a result of head injuries.
Mr Pervaiz, who moved to the UK from Pakistan in 1994, had worked as a taxi driver for the last seven years.
(KMcA/SP)
Michael David Hand, 19, and three other teenagers - two aged 17 and one aged 16 - who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at Huddersfield Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
Mr Hand and the two 17-year-olds were remanded in custody, while the 16-year-old was remanded in a secure unit.
All four, who are also charged with violent disorder, are due to appear before Bradford Crown Court on August 2.
Four females arrested on Monday afternoon in connection with inquiry have all been released without charge.
However, an 18-year-old man arrested on Tuesday evening on suspicion of murder is currently being held in police custody.
A 16-year-old boy was also arrested on suspicion of murder on Wednesday.
Mr Pervaiz, a 41-year-old father-of-three from Birkby, was killed while responding to a request for a fare in Field Head, Golcar on Saturday night. A post-mortem revealed that he died as a result of head injuries.
Mr Pervaiz, who moved to the UK from Pakistan in 1994, had worked as a taxi driver for the last seven years.
(KMcA/SP)
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