{"id":281762,"date":"2025-09-26T12:04:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T11:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/southport-taxi-driver-regrets-leaving-scene-after-he-saw-kids-screaming\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T12:04:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T11:04:52","slug":"southport-taxi-driver-regrets-leaving-scene-after-he-saw-kids-screaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/southport-taxi-driver-regrets-leaving-scene-after-he-saw-kids-screaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Southport: Taxi driver regrets leaving scene after he saw kids screaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/NBcZoaP9SqA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Southport: Taxi driver regrets leaving scene after he saw kids screaming\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NBcZoaP9SqA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The taxi driver who took the Southport killer to the dance class he attacked has told an inquiry he drove away despite seeing screaming children running for their lives, because he thought he heard gunshots.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The taxi driver who took the Southport killer to the dance class he attacked has told an inquiry he drove away despite seeing screaming children running for their lives, because he thought he heard gunshots. &#8212;&#8212;- Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe Follow us: TikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":281763,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128813],"tags":[129888,133926,128830],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-281762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-channel-4-news","tag-driver","tag-taxi","tag-took"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Southport: Taxi driver regrets leaving scene after he saw kids screaming | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Southport: Taxi driver regrets leaving scene after he saw kids screaming for free, here on News ISC. 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