A father-of-three is facing a substantial prison sentence after a jury found him guilty of robbing two cab drivers at knife-point.

Mohammed Akbar, 29, had denied three allegations of robbery relating to separate attacks on Yorkshire cabbies over a nine-month period, but after more than nine of deliberation a jury at Bradford Crown Court convicted him on two of the charges.

In May, Keighley-based private hire driver Mohammed Ibrar had £60 taken from him after Akbar produced a knife following a late-night taxi ride from the town to the Bradley area of Huddersfield.

A month later Akbar took a taxi from Leeds City station and again he threatened the driver, Chaudhry Nazam, with a knife in order to get him to hand over £30.

Akbar was also alleged to have robbed Sheffield cabbie Zahid Bhatti in October last year, but the jury was discharged after failing to reach a verdict on that charge.

Barrister Elyas Patel, for Akbar, said his client, who is remanded in custody, realised a significant sentence was inevitable for the offences.

The Honorary Recorder of Bradford, Judge Stephen Gullick, told Akbar of Rashcliffe Hill Road, Lockwood, Huddersfield, that his case would be listed again for sentence, hopefully within the next two weeks.