ONE taxi driver was punched and head-butted, while another was put in a choke hold by his passenger. The assailants received jail terms as the courts attempt to curb attacks on cabbies.

In the latest case, Scottish engineer Jamie Rae Hislop, 47, was jailed for two months yesterday after he was convicted of hurting cabby Gibson Goh Kok Kiong.

A district court heard how Mr Goh, 46, had picked Hislop up at Holland Village, where the electrical engineer had been having drinks on March 16, 2008. As they headed for Hislop's home at Great World City, he accused Mr Goh of speeding.

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