A taxi driver has told how he was too scared to work for nine months after he was attacked by a group of passengers.
Harun Shah Zaman was attacked when he was working as a late-night cabbie in Leicester city centre in May last year.
Two of his attackers were sentenced at Leicester Crown Court last month.
Both admitted the attack and were ordered to carry out unpaid work in the community.
One was handed a suspended jail sentence.
Mr Zaman, who suffered two black eyes and bruises to his head, body, arms and legs in the attack, has only recently returned to the trade after nine months of unemployment.
A 33-year-old married father of two, Mr Zaman, of Humberstone, Leicester, said: "I still feel too scared to work nights, so I will carry on only working during the day.
"I didn't work at all for nine months because of what these people did to me. I was scared of having passengers in my vehicle, worried it would happen again.
"I have only just come back which means it has been a difficult time financially for me and my family.
"I don't think the punishments given by the court were enough. There have been a lot of attacks on taxi drivers and I don't think giving one of these two people a suspended sentence is a deterrent.
"I just hope they look back at what they did to me and realise the impact their actions had on me and my family."
Two people appeared at Leicester Crown Court on Friday, August 16, to be sentenced for their roles in the attack, which happened in the early hours of Saturday, May 19.
The incident happened when Mr Zaman picked up two men and two women from Platinum Lace gentlemen's club, in Abbey Street. The group began arguing and bashing the partition window.
Mr Zaman pulled up at the corner of Millstone Lane and Pocklington's Walk, and told the group to leave. They got out of the car, but then opened the driver's door.
One man grabbed Mr Zaman in a headlock and headbutted him, while the other punched him in the face and head.
The girls joined in, hitting his body and arms, before the group stole his wallet, cash bag containing £80, mobile phone, car keys and satellite navigation unit – which they smashed on the street – and ran off down Pocklington's Walk.
Alexander Lewis Wardle (22), of Main Street, Bushby, admitted assault causing actual bodily harm and criminal damage.
He was given a nine-month prison sentence which was suspended for two years, ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid community work and to pay £500 compensation to the victim.
Starla Boyd (23), of Hill House, Court Road, Thurnby, admitted assault causing actual bodily harm and was ordered to complete 100 hours of community work and to pay compensation of £250.
