A shocking tirade of racist abuse left a Derby taxi driver “terrified” by one of his passengers.
The victim claims the foul-mouthed racist threatened to “burn Muslims” and is heard calling him a “dirty Muslim” during an unprovoked rant in his cab.
The father-of-four said he had “never heard abuse like it” in his 25 years as a cabbie in the city.
After the 58-year-old was said he threatened to burn Muslims he turned on a camera phone which recorded the passenger repeatedly swearing at him. During the tirade, the passenger can clearly be heard saying: “I can tell you are a disgusting Muslim, we hate you, you know that. Every single white person in this country hates you.”
Police have welcomed the Telegraph’s decision to print the man’s picture in the newspaper and show the video on our website as they seek to find the offender.
The taxi driver, who wished to remain anonymous, said: “It was shocking and terrifying. At first I thought it was just the drink talking, but then he said to me ‘all Muslims should be burned.’ and that phrase terrified me so I switched on my camera.
The incident happened in Derby city centre on December 30.
