Frederiksberg court authorities have placed an 18-year-old man in custody and accused him of taking part in a mugging that caused the death of a 65-year-old cabbie in Brønshøj last October.
The 18-year-old has been remanded in custody for 14 days until March 3, the same day a decision is due on whether a 17-year-old youth being held in the same case should continue to be locked up.
Attacked while hanging bike
The TaxiNord 4 x 48 driver answered a telephoned request for a cab on Herbergvejen in Brønshøj early on Friday morning. When he arrived, he was greeted by at least two young men pushing a bike.
When the driver got out of the cab to mount the bike rack on his cab, he was attacked by the men with an unidentified weapon. The driver was taken to Rigshospitalet where he died of mortal head wounds.
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No murder charge
The suspects – described by police at the time as being Middle Eastern in appearance and between 25 and 30 years old – stole some of the driver's personal belongings from the taxi and fled the scene. The 17-year-old was arrested immediately after the attack.
Both are charged under the section of the law relating to violence of a particularly raw, brutal or dangerous type – but not with murder.
