A man was assaulted by a woman and verbally abused while in a taxi on Lowwood Road in Birkenhead at around 4.35pm on Thursday.

The assault was picked up by the victim’s partner on a cell phone.

The woman attacked the 25-year-old as he sat in the taxi and also punched his dog before driving away.

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The video begins with an argument between the two parties, with the alleged abuser walking away.

Something is then said behind the camera that prompts the woman to turn around and run towards the taxi, where the victim is now sitting in the front passenger seat.

She opens the taxi door, shouting, “What you f*****g little k*****d”, as she attacks the victim and her puppy in the passenger seat.

The man who was walking with the woman originally has now joined her near the taxi and the argument continues, as the victim’s partner puts it: ‘Look now you little asshole you’re getting bitten you’re all both get stung”.

The woman shouts, “Call the ‘bizzies’ because he can call people ah**, send them to my address.

The woman continues: “You want to call the police on your own love ‘fella’, you know when he mistreats you.”

The victim’s girlfriend responds, saying, “F***o** – harassing people with disabilities.”

The argument repeats until the victim’s partner ends by saying, “I filmed you running to the car and attacking it, you stupid asshole.”

The victim and his partner have spoken to ECHO about what happened but do not wish to be named.

The man’s partner told ECHO: “The woman was bringing her dog near my partner’s grass all the time and not cleaning up his mess, and my partner was being fined by his owner all the time.

“He asked her to stop doing it, and she gave him all kinds of abuse, it was around December.

“Yesterday we were taking the pup to the vet, when she came around the corner, and as soon as she saw my partner, she started hurling insults at her.

“My partner is an amputee, he has a prosthetic leg, so she was making really nasty and derogatory comments about it.”

She added: “So my partner’s little brother said something to her, and she ran to the taxi, opened the ragged door, punched my partner and also kicked the pup in her lap in the process.

“When I told her I was recording this, she started making false and malicious allegations about our relationship. We gave all this information to the police.”

Merseyside Police said: “We can confirm officers received a report that a man and his dog were assaulted in Wirral yesterday (Thursday March 10).

“We received a report that a 25-year-old man was assaulted by a woman and verbally abused while in a taxi on Lowwood Road in Birkenhead at around 4.35pm.

“It was reported that the woman yelled at the victim before opening the taxi door and punching him in the face. She then punched the dog before walking away.

“The victim reportedly had a swollen face and was shocked and upset by the incident. His dog was reportedly terrified during the incident.

“Officers are investigating and anyone with information is asked to contact the police.

“If you have any information about this incident, please contact our social media office on Twitter @MerPolCC or Facebook ‘Merseyside Police Contact Centre’ with any information, with reference 480 of March 11.”

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