Family pay tribute to taxi driver who died after alleged assault at Manchester Airport

The family of a taxi driver who died after an alleged assault at Manchester Airport have paid tribute to him.

William Brent Taylor, 57, died after an incident at a car park at the airport’s Terminal 2 just after 8.25am on Friday.

Two men, aged 55 and 26, were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and have been released under investigation and Greater Manchester Police said enquiries are ongoing.

In a tribute released by the force, Mr Taylor’s family said: “First of all can we say thank you to the family that was with our dad at his final moments.

“We would like to thank the emergency services for all their efforts with our dad and GMP who have been amazing with keeping us informed and up to date.

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“Dad will be home soon so our family can try and come to terms with the circumstances and we’d ask that people please refrain from pointing the blame and let the police do their job.

“We will miss him so much and respectfully ask for time to grieve as a family.”

It has emerged that Mr Taylor was apparently waiting to pick up passengers when the incident happened.

A final post on his Facebook page read: “Just dropped off at East Midlands now sat at Manchester waiting for the plain [sic] to land living the dream xx.”

Detective Chief Inspector Carl Jones, from Greater Manchester Police’s Major Incident Team, said: “We are continuing to support William’s family who are understandably devastated by their loss.

“Our investigation to establish the exact circumstances surrounding this incident remains ongoing and I would ask anyone with information that could assist our enquiries to please get in touch.”