Racist fruit and veg man ‘lost his rag after he was called fat’

A fruit and veg trader who racially abused two Asian women and lashed out at them after claiming he was called a ‘fat man’ was let off with a fine. Steven Drinkwater, 61, assaulted cousins Cherrenne Balaganthiran and Naoimi Thalaysingan after jumping into their Uber taxi on 23 December 2017 The pair, who had been out for dinner, summoned a cab to collect them outside Great Ormond Street children’s hospital in central London. But when it arrived Ms Balaganthiran noticed…