Police issue statement a day after cab driver told officers he thought a bullet had shattered his vehicle’s window

The Metropolitan police believe a mechanical failure, rather than a gunshot, shattered the window of a taxi carrying the Private Eye editor, Ian Hislop.

On Tuesday morning police were called after a black-cab driver told detectives he had come to a standstill in traffic in Soho, central London, just after 10am. He heard what he believed was a bullet hitting and shattering his window.