Jail for armed robber who terrorised taxi drivers

A teenager behind a series of armed attacks on taxi drivers in Birmingham has been sentenced to 10 years in a youth offenders institution.

Mohammed Abdurahman,19, booked cabs under false names before ambushing drivers alongside accomplices, demanding cash and personal belonging.

Police say he was behind three robberies in Bartley Green between October and December last year.

He sprayed one victim with CS gas and threatened another with a 12-inch knife in one ordeal.

He was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court after admitting to robbery, kidnapping and having offensive weapons.