Three people charged with taxi driver robbery in Buckshaw Village

Friday, 7 February 2025 16:49

By Central Radio News

Lancashire Police have charged three people after a taxi driver was attacked in Buckshaw Village.

Officers were called at 9.49pm on Wednesday 5^th February to Holland House Way, Buckshaw Village, to a report the driver had been threatened, assaulted and stabbed in the arm.

Two men, aged 37 and 45, and a woman, aged 31, were arrested nearby.

Following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, Phillip Dookie, 45, of no fixed address, Dominic Colapinto, 37, of Mayflower Crescent, Buckshaw Village, and Stacey Tickle, 31, of Holland House Way, Buckshaw Village, were charged with robbery.

Dookie was further charged with Section 18 wounding with intent and possession of a knife/sharp bladed article in a public place.

All three were remanded in custody to appear at Preston Magistrates Court.

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