Racist thug told Asian taxi driver he was responsible for Manchester Arena bombing before smashing up his cab

A racist thug told an Asian taxi driver he was
responsible for the Manchester Arena bombing - and
admitted he was pleased his actions had frightened
his victim.
Terence Poxon claimed his victims had "firebombed
kids" before pulling out a baseball bat and smashing
his cab - a week after the concert tragedy that
claimed 22 lives.
The 58-year-old had dressed himself in a Union Jack
T-shirt and said he had armed himself with the
weapon in case anyone challenged his choice of
outfit.
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And Poxon also said he was pleased his actions had
scared the taxi driver and told officers “yes, I am
being racist” as he explained why he did what he did.
Steven Taylor, prosecuting at Derby Crown Court ,
said the incident took place at around 3.30pm on May
28.
He said Poxon had called a cab from his home in
Acorn Close, Shelton Lock, which arrived minutes
later.
Mr Taylor said: “The taxi driver asked him where he
wanted to go and the defendant answered
‘Normanton’.
“When the driver asked him ‘where in Normanton' he
suddenly became aggressive and said to the victim
‘you did the Manchester bomb’.
“He then pulled a wooden baton from his sleeve of his
coat.”
Mr Taylor said the actions “frightened the cabbie”
who managed to pull over in Chellaston Road and get
out of the taxi.
He said Poxon also got out and used the weapon to
smash three windows and cause dents to the car.
The offence was witnessed by people waiting at a bus
stop who the taxi driver had gone over to for
protection.
Mr Taylor said: “One of the witnesses said the
defendant was wearing a Union Jack t-shirt and
gesticulating in a confrontational manner shouting
‘Chelsea, Chelsea’ like a football chant.
“He then pointed at the taxi driver and shouted
‘guilty’.”
The police ere called and arrived at the scene but
Poxon had walked back to his home, according to the
Derby Telegraph.
He was arrested and during the journey to the police
station he swore at police officers, continued to
racially abuse the taxi driver and said ‘he firebombed
kids’.
Mr Taylor said: “He said to the officers ‘yes, I am
being racist’ and he was not particularly apologetic
about it.
“He told officers his intention was to go to Normanton
Road wearing his Union Jack t-shirt and he had the
baton in case anyone approached him about it.
“He said had anyone asked about his t-shirt he would
have used the baton against them.
“He said he wanted the taxi driver to feel like the
little kids did at the Manchester bomb.”
The Manchester Arena blast, on May 22, claimed the
lives of 25 people and injured 250 more.
It was carried out by 22-year-old suicide bomber
Salman Ramadan Abedi at the end of a concert by
the American singer Ariana Grande.
Poxon pleaded guilty to a racially aggravated public
order offence, racially-aggravated criminal damage
and threatening a person with an offensive weapon in
a public place.
Jailing him for 25 weeks, Judge Nirmal Shant, said:
“The victim was doing nothing more than carrying out
his job in a law abiding way when you decided you
were going to teach him a lesson for something he
was not responsible for.
“Your behaviour was wholly unacceptable.”
Stuart Newsome, for Poxon, said his client had never
been in trouble with the law before and had physical
ailments including stomach problems, liver disease
and chronic arthritis .
He said: “He is not a man of entrenched violence by
any stretch of the imagination.
“He is remorseful and feels guilty and embarrassed
about what he did.”......
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