Mohamed Ammar (Ellis Kaplan)
FARE FOES: W. Bryan Jennings (left) allegedly attacked Mohamed Ammar in a fit of anti-Islam rage. (
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Connecticut prosecutors will not pursue charges against a top Morgan Stanley banker accused of stabbing a cabby in a drunken, racist rage over a fare from Manhattan, the cabby’s lawyer said yesterday.
The decision to let W. Bryan Jennings off the hook has left the cabby “outraged,” his lawyer said.
Jennings, from the ritzy Gold Coast town of Darien, had originally been charged with assault, theft of service and intimidation based on race or bigotry after the December 2011 incident.
But Hassan Ahmad, the lawyer for cabby Mohamed Ammar, said Stamford prosecutors have told him they’re dropping the case.
“Mr. Ammar is outraged by the prosecutor’s decision and continues to demand justice,” the lawyer said in a statement.
Jennings’ lawyer would not comment, and the State’s Attorney’s Office in Stamford could not be reached.
A trial had been scheduled for Monday in Stamford Superior Court.
The Egyptian-born Ammar had told cops he picked up a drunken Jennings in Midtown on Dec. 21, 2011, and had agreed to drive the banker to his home 43 miles away for just over $200.
“Go back to your own f–king country! “I’m going to kill you, motherf—-r!” Jennings had allegedly shouted when they reached his driveway, before stabbing Ammar with a penknife.
But Jennings insisted that he was the real victim — and that Ammar was trying to kidnap him.
Additional reporting by Dan Mangan