Cab driver sews his mouth shut as a protest

[Still Waters]

A cab driver has sewn his mouth shut as a protest after being fired following his conviction for assaulting a woman passenger.

Hassan Hoviat-Doust, 43, has been staging a hunger strike outside Bristol Magistrates' Court since 10am on Monday.

Hoviat-Doust - who cannot speak because of the thick cotton thread binding his lips together - wrote on a piece of paper: 'I am a taxi driver who was wrongly convicted of common assault and I have lost my job.

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And how is sewing shut his mouth makes him look stable and liable in his cause?