A man has been charged after an alleged racial abuse incident led to a taxi driver being assaulted and a vehicle being stolen in Barnsley. South Yorkshire Police said officers were called on Saturday, 24 October, after a report that the man stole a taxi following the alleged abuse. Police attended Tesco on Wombwell Road to take witness statements and review CCTV. Officers said footage showed the man arriving in his own vehicle, then going to the customer service desk and claiming he had run out of diesel. He then called for a taxi, and when it arrived, the man allegedly approached the vehicle, assaulted the driver and shouted racist remarks. The driver got out of the taxi, police said, and the man then allegedly took the driver’s seat and drove away with the vehicle. Officers said CCTV helped identify the man. He was arrested and later charged with racially or religiously aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm, robbery, and causing serious injury by dangerous driving. The man was remanded in custody and is due to appear at Sheffield Crown Court on 23 November.