A taxi driver in Weston-super-Mare was allegedly racially abused and physically attacked on Clevedon Road just before 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 6. Following the incident, Avon and Somerset Police have charged 22-year-old Kai Easen, from Haydock Wick in Swindon.
Easen faces multiple charges including racially or religiously aggravated actual bodily harm, two counts of causing actual bodily harm, making threats to kill, and assaulting an emergency worker. He has been released on bail and is scheduled to appear at North Somerset Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, July 28.
Additionally, a 21-year-old woman from Swindon was arrested in connection with the assault. She has since been released on conditional bail as investigations continue.