MICHAEL Gove’s son suffered a terrifying ordeal trapped by a taxi driver demanding cash, it has emerged.
William Gove, 18, was locked inside the Uber in Croatia in the early hours after refusing to give the man an extra €60.
His mother Sarah Vine, ex-wife of the Tory Cabinet minister, said she was forced to transfer money to his account to secure his release.
Ms Vine said she was woken by a call at 2.30am on Wednesday.
She wrote in her newspaper column: “It was my son, on holiday in Croatia.
“He was in an Uber returning to the flat he was sharing with friends — but the driver was demanding an extra €60, which, as a teenager on a budget, he didn’t have.
“When my son refused, the driver yelled at him in Croatian, locked the doors and drove past my son’s flat to another part of town.
“By now, trapped in a car with an angry Croat demanding money with menaces, my terrified son called me for help.”
After several frantic conversations, Ms Vine said she was able to transfer the money.
She wrote: “My son was shaken, but safe. Neither of us could wait for him to come home.”
