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...JUST DESSERTS MAN THREATENED CABBIE WITH KNIFE, DAYS AFTER MISTAKEN JAIL


RELEASE FOR ROBBING ANOTHER DRIVER FROM SAME MANCHESTER FIRM


A knifeman threat- ened a taxi driver after refusing to pay his fare just days after he had been mistakenly released early from jail for the robbery of another driver who worked for the same firm. The victim, who works for a Wythen- shawe firm, had picked up Samuel Burrows, 24, at about 5am in May last year. When asked for the fare of


£14.20, Burrows said he needed to go into a flat to get some money and gave the driver his passport as a surety. Burrows returned 20 minutes later and asked for his pass- port, but the driver told him he needed to pay the fare first. The defendant became angry and said” “Take me to Benchill”, then “give me my f****** pass- port you f****** ba*****”.


Samuel Burrows


When the driver got his phone out and told Burrows he was


MAN SENTENCED FOR REFUSING TO PAY OXFORD TAXI DRIVER


A man who refused to pay for his taxi ride in Oxford has been ordered to pay back £5.70. Samuel Craig Cooper, 28, was also made subject to a community order after hurling racist abuse at the driver on April 4.


Oxford Magistrates’ Court documents said: “For the racial element, the Bench took the sentence from a community order to a custody and reduced it back down to a commu- nity order to reflect the guilty plea.” Cooper must also


take part in a ‘thinking skills’ pro- gramme for 30 days and attend appointments with a court officer for 25 days. He was also ordered to pay £100 in compensa- tion to the man and £85 in court costs.


BOLTON TEEN ROBBED TAXI DRIVER OF PDA, CASH AND CARDS


A teenager who robbed a taxi driver has been electroni- cally tagged. According to the Bolton News, the 16- year-old from Bol- ton, who cannot be named for legal rea- sons, robbed his victim of a PDA data system, money bag, debit cards and £58


on the evening of January 1. He then went on to try and use one of the stolen bank cards to buy goods in Wigan the same day. At Wigan Magis- trates’ Court he pleaded guilty to committing the of- fences and was sen-


AUGUST 2020


tenced to a youth rehabilitation order with intensive sup- ervision for 91 days. He has also been electronically tag- ged and is subject to a curfew for three months and must pay his victim £100 in compensation as well as a £21 victim surcharge.


going to ring the taxi firm’s offices, the defendant tried to snatch it and damaged the screen during the ensuing scuffle. Burrows then pulled out a 10 inch kitchen knife from his trousers and pointed it at the driver who said: “It's ok it’s ok, just take your passport.” Burrows then open- ed the door, de- tached the sat nav, which fell into the road, and he started jumping on it before using the knife to


damage the car bonnet. The taxi driver later picked out Burrows in a video identity parade. The terrified taxi driver later said: “My life is worth more than the price of a taxi fare.” Manchester Crown Court was told Bur- rows had been out of jail for 18 days when the incident occurred having been previously sen- tenced to three- and-a-half years for robbing a taxi driver


who worked for the same firm. Sentencing, Judge Elizabeth Nicholls said: “No doubt that was a terrifying experience for the taxi driver. He was in such terror when you produced that knife, he thought he was going to be injured or killed by you.” Burrows pleaded guilty to threaten- ing with a blade and damaging property and was sentenced to ten months in jail.


PASSENGER PRETENDS TO BE COP TO SCAM LOUGHBOROUGH CABBIE


A passenger claim- ed to be an undercover police officer and told a driver to take him home or be arrest- ed. Iain Holmes, 34, had contacted the taxi firm at 2.45am on Thursday, January 2, and asked to be taken to his home in L o u g h b o ro u g h . When the driver arrived, as per com- pany policy, he asked for £20 fare in advance.


But


Holmes replied that: “I don’t have any money.


I’m an


undercover police officer and I’ll pay you when you take me home.” Holmes, who has suffered mental health issues, also said: “If you don’t


take me I can arrest you.” The cabbie agreed to him on the under- standing that he would be paid on arrival. However, as suggested


by


Holmes, the taxi firm contacted Leicester- shire Police who confirmed that he was not a police officer. The police were then waiting at Holmes’ destination, where he was arrest- ed. This was despite him telling an officer that he was ‘Old Bill’ too, and reciting a four-digit security code, which he claimed would est- ablish his cre- dentials. Holmes initially said that he and the driv- er had simply mis-


understood each other. He recently appear- ed at Leicester Mag- istrates’ Court where he pleaded guilty to a single charge of imperson- ating a police officer. The Magis- trate told Holmes: “We understand the background, but this is a serious offence. This taxi driver was going about his business and you undermined that and took away money from a fare he should have had.” Holmes was fined £200 and ordered to pay £80 compen- sation to the driver. He was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £200 and a victim surcharge of £32.


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