A man who held a taxi driver at knifepoint for over 40 minutes has been sentenced to seven years and two months in prison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dale Allison, 43, of Mayland Avenue, Hull pleaded guilty to robbery and criminal damage. He was sentenced following an appearance at Hull Crown court on 2 October 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Detective Inspector Gary Mathews said: \u201cAllison is a violent and dangerous individual who will now face the consequences of his actions behind bars.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Saturday 22 March 2025 at around 12.20am, it was reported that Allison ordered a taxi to take him to an address in Hessle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only a short time on this journey, he allegedly pulled a knife out and threatened the taxi driver, stealing approximately \u00a3300 cash, bank cards and a driving license before demanding him to drive to a nearby car park down Hessle Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reportedly, he then told the driver to get into the boot before attempting to steal another taxi driver’s car, however the vehicle stalled and Allison fled the scene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both taxi drivers followed Allison in their vehicles in an attempt to take photographic evidence of him, before he reportedly damaged the tyres of one car with a knife and fled the scene on foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Inspector Mathews said: “Whilst this sentence will not take away the trauma and fear that the victim has to now live with daily, I hope it will provide some reassurance that this type of offending will not be tolerated, and we will always do everything we can to hold those responsible accountable for their actions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNobody should have to go to work and feel unsafe\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A man who held a taxi driver at knifepoint for over 40 minutes has been sentenced to seven years and two months in prison. Dale Allison, 43, of Mayland Avenue, Hull pleaded guilty to robbery and criminal damage. He was sentenced following an appearance at Hull Crown court on 2 October 2025. Detective Inspector Gary […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":264,"featured_media":463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[35,64,27,101],"class_list":["post-453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-generalnews","tag-crime","tag-hull","tag-humbersidepolice","tag-sentencing"],"yoast_head":"\n