Danger driver rammed cabbie.

(From Newcastle Evening Chronicle)

Byline: SOPHIE DOUGHTY

DRUNK and filled with rage, danger driver David Rutherford rammed a taxi with his car as the cabbie's terrified passengers screamed with horror.

Craig Turnbull could not believe what was happening when menace Rutherford drove straight at him just after cutting across his taxi in Newcastle city centre.

Not content with smashing into the vehicle twice, Rutherford then got a saw out of the boot of his car and waved it in front of horrified onlookers.

Now he is beginning an 18-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to dangerous driving.

Taxi driver Craig said: "I felt …