A drunken 16-year-old boy held a machete to a taxi driver’s neck who stopped and fled his vehicle in fear.
Dundee Sheriff Court heard a second 16-year-old boy then grabbed Mohammad Azbar’s money bag as both youths ran out of the taxi.
Fiscal depute Eilidh Robertson told the court the incident happened on November 7 last year, shortly after one of the boys arrived at a house party on Mossgeil Crescent with a machete.
The fiscal said: “Witnesses described him as hyper with the knife. He was not doing anything threatening but was told to put the knife away.”
He and another 16-year-old boy, both of whom cannot be named for legal reasons, then got into a taxi and the driver noticed they were both under the influence of alcohol.
The fiscal added: “The driver formed the opinion that they were not intending to pay the fare and told them if they did not pay he would take them to the police station.
“They said were not going to pay. One of the boys brandished the machete and held it up to the neck of the driver who immediately stopped the vehicle and ran out, calling out to passers by for help.”
One boy then grabbed the driver’s money bag and both boys ran out of the taxi and back to the party.
They arrived breathless and coins spilled out onto the kitchen floor from one of the youth’s pockets.
Both boys were traced by police to the party, one in possession of a machete and the other in possession of a money bag with a drawstring.
The first accused admitted having a knife, namely a machete, at Mossgeil Crescent, Pitkerro Road, and elsewhere on November 7 last year.
And he admitted brandishing a machete at Mr Azbar on Pitkerro Road, on the same date.
The second accused admitted stealing a drawstring bag containing £50 cash from Mr Azbar, while within a taxi on Pitkerro Road, on the same date.
Sheriff Carmichael deferred sentence until March 9 for social work reports on both youths due to their age.
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