Fruit and veg trader denies racially abusing women

A fruit and veg trader accused of trying to punch two women after jumping in their Uber cab said he did not think it was racist to call them ‘f—–g Asians’. Steven Drinkwater, 60, is accused of assaulting cousins Cherrenne Balaganthiran and Naoimi Thalaysingan on 23 December 2017. The pair, who had been out to dinner, had called at Uber to pick them up at 11:30pm outside Great Ormond Street hospital in central London. But when it arrived Ms Balaganthiran…