This is the taxi driver who filmed a traffic warden giving him a parking ticket after he was involved in a crash in Manchester city centre.

The video, recorded by Rochdale-based black cab driver Mohammed Arif, 37, has been viewed more than a million times on YouTube.

It shows the Manchester warden trying to ticket his damaged black cab parked on double yellows, and the resulting spat.

But Arif says he took the footage as proof for appeal and a potential court hearing - not to get the warden in trouble.

Speaking after revealing he DID receive the ticket in the end - sharing the final piece of film to prove it - he sad he felt for the warden, who accuses him of assault in the video.

He added: “I filmed the video purely to have some record of what was going on in the case if it ever went to court and I needed to appeal, that was all.

“I wouldn’t have wished for her to resign and I’m saddened that she has. My intention for filming was not to get her into trouble of any kind.”

The footage showing the driver's row with the warden - and the intervention of witnesses

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He said that instead, the warden in question should have been given more training in line with guidelines which say drivers who have been in an accident should not be issued with a ticket.

The dad-of-two added: “She perhaps just needed more training. These sorts of things should be relayed.”

On the day in question - April 18 - Arif had been in collision with a car on Fountain Street in Manchester city centre.

Pulling in to await AA assistance, he was confronted by the warden, despite clear evidence of the accident and never leaving his car.

He insists he did not assault her.

Eventually, the warden did issue Arif with a ticket, which he has appealed against. He is now waiting for a response from the council.

More footage shows the traffic warden giving Arif a ticket

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Arif says cab drivers are ‘easy pickings’ for wardens.

He added: “There are over a thousand black cabs operating in Manchester and I don’t think the council provides enough ranks. We do move when asked.”

The warden’s bosses at NSL, which employs all 93 civil enforcement officers for Manchester council, confirmed she quit her job after they showed her the footage.

Belinda Webb-Blowfeld, head of communications, told the M.E.N: “That sort of behaviour is completely unacceptable and we take this case very seriously.

"We have a policy of not issuing a ticket to any motorist who has stopped or who has been stopped through no fault of their own. We have a professional standards unit to ensure the highest level of conduct.”

Wardens have powers to issue fixed penalty tickets for parking offences, including parking on double yellow lines, in loading bays, restricted zones and disabled bays.