Taxi driver and passenger wanted after racist abuse hurled at woman in Sheffield city centre

A taxi driver and his passenger are wanted for allegedly shouting threats and racist abuse at a woman in Sheffield.

Police were called over a reported hate crime at 7.15pm on January 18 when a woman was walking on Matilda Street in the city centre.

Do you recognise this man? Police want to speak to him after a taxi driver and his passenger hurled racist abuse and threats at a woman walking in Sheffield.placeholder image
Do you recognise this man? Police want to speak to him after a taxi driver and his passenger hurled racist abuse and threats at a woman walking in Sheffield. | SYP

It was there a taxi driver reportedly made threats to the woman, while a passenger in the cab also shouted racist abuse at her.

South Yorkshire Police has now released a CCTV image of a man officers want to speak to.

Do you recognise this man?

Anyone with information is asked to contact SYP by calling 101, quoting incident number 498 of January 18, 2026.

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