A TAXI passenger threatened the driver and left without paying in the early hours of Sunday in Malvern

The driver picked the fare up outside the Priors Croft bar in Grange Road, Malvern, and then drove to another location, where a second man was picked up.

The second man was dropped off at his home address, and then the first man told the driver to drop him at the junction of Oak Crescent and Pound Bank Road.

The passenger refused to pay the £22 fare, and when the taxi driver challenged him for the money, the passenger swore at him, raised his fist and said: "If you carry on, you'll get this," before v leaving the car.

He is described as a s white male, about five feet tall, with black hair and a small beard, aged late 30s to early 40s and wearing black trousers and a light blue shirt. The incident number is 0102s/020417.