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A traumatised Uber passenger is speaking out after claiming to have been taken hostage by a driver for the popular rideshare company. When Tony Brindle jumped into the Uber he had ordered to go to Homebush he says he immediately raised a misunderstanding about the trip with the driver. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Uber passenger accusing a driver of kidnapping him. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> However, it quickly sparked a heated debate. “I thought you were going to go around the roundabout,” Brindle can be heard saying in a recording obtained by 7NEWS. “Sorry, I followed the pick-up point,” the driver replies. The two continue to bicker over where the original pickup location was on the map, and who went to the wrong spot to meet. “So where were you? Over there? It’s illegal there ... it says no stopping,” the driver says. “Are you going to take me home or what?” Brindle replies. The driver then decides to cancel the trip after the argument. How...

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT A Sydney taxi driver says he’s lucky to be alive after he was viciously attacked with an EFTPOS machine at Sydney Airport. New South Wales Police have charged a 25-year-year-old Uber driver over the incident, which happened on Friday morning at the taxi rank of the international terminal. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> WATCH VIDEO ABOVE: Taxi drive allegedly attacked with EFT machine. Police allege there was an earlier verbal altercation between the men. But the 25-year-old year-old victim, known as Maaz, said he doesn’t believe the brutal attack was justified. “I don’t know him. I was just going (about) a normal day. I was just trying to earn, make some money and pay my bills,” Maaz told 7NEWS. Maaz was treated by paramedics and taken to hospital for further assessment after the incident. Credit: Supplied Blood was splattered across Maaz’s car during the attack . Credit: Supplied Security video recorded from inside the ta...