Black cab drivers begged to check their vehicle for an urn containing the remains of a child after father tragically misplaced it on a journey
- Police have urged anyone with information to contact them on 020 7601 2222
Black cab drivers have been begged to check their vehicle for an urn containing the remains of a child, after the father tragically misplaced it on a journey.
The man left the child’s ashes in a black Adidas bag in a cab he took from Fenchurch Street to Smithfield Meat Market at 6.30am yesterday, according to City of London Police.
Steve McNamara, general secretary at the Licenced Taxi Drivers Association, said he wasn’t the ‘slightest bit surprised’ by the police’s appeal.
‘We’ve had babies numerous times, false teeth, mobile phones by the hundred every day, dogs, prosthetic limbs, you name it we’ve had it,’ he told The Daily Telegraph.
There is hope for the pleading father as Mr McNamara said by law taxi drivers must hand in any property left in their cabs into the police.
Black cab drivers have been begged to check their vehicle for an urn containing the remains of a child (stock)
City of London Police posted an urgent appeal on Twitter which has received 2,700 retweets so far
He added that the most recent incident included £35,000 being left in a taxi – this was handed to the police by the driver.
In response to the urgent appeal – which has received 2,700 retweets – many Twitter users expressed their hope that the man was reunited with his child’s ashes.
Property left in taxis are usually handed in to a London police station and forwarded to the Transport for London Lost Property Office.
The police have urged anyone with information to contact them on 020 7601 2222.
Source: Read Full Article
