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Teen charged over taxi assault
A SPEEDWELL teenager has been charged in connection with an attack on a taxi driver in South Bristol.
Avon & Somerset Police said a group of teenagers arrived in Choke Walk, Brislington, on May 21 by taxi and went to a nearby home, where an altercation broke out.
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A resident then chased the group back to the taxi and during subsequent violence the taxi driver, a man in his 50s, was wounded.
He was treated in hospital and later discharged.
Police said the 17-year-old from Speedwell, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been charged with affray and criminal damage.
A 16-year-old has been charged with affray, criminal damage and possession of an offensive weapon.
Another boy of 17 and a 16-year-old girl have been released on police bail.