Glasgow man suing Police Scotland over wrongly being accused of murder bid
Scott Troy was sent to collect four men in the Pollok area of Glasgow in 2023 who had just used a gun and a machete to kill a shopkeeper.
A Glasgow taxi driver is suing Police Scotland after spending ten months in prison because he was wrongfully accused of being the getaway car in a murder bid.
Scott Troy was sent to collect four men in the Pollok area of Glasgow in 2023 who had just used a gun and a machete to kill shopkeeper Mohammed Arif.
Police turned up to his house 12 days later and arrested him claiming he was part of the plot.
Bosses at the taxi rank quickly produced evidence confirming he had been sent to collect the men as part of a routine fare but it took prosecutors almost a year to accept he had no involement.
He said: “That night I was just doing my usual shift – I had no idea things were going to pan out the way they did.
“It really was the wrong place at the wrong time.
“When I picked up the four men I didn’t even think anything untoward was going on.
“The first I knew of any wrongdoing was when the police came to my house and cuffed me on the spot.
“I was completely innocent and I pleaded with the officers but they wouldn’t hear it.
"There was so much evidence to prove I was innocent - they even checked with my boss at the taxi rank who manages the bookings so the police knew I was just sent there by chance.
“I was wrongly arrested, spent 10 months in Barlinnie and my name was publicly trashed.
“That kind of experience changes you."