IN THE NEWS
MAN IN HIS 50s DIES AFTER FALLING FROM A TAXI ON NORWICH NORTHERN DISTRIBUTOR ROAD
A man has died after falling from a taxi at an NDR roundabout. The incident happened on Saturday, July 1, at about 7.35pm at the North Walsham roundabout at the junction with the B1150. A man in his 50s was travelling in the rear of a silver Ford Galaxy taxi
when he fell from the car. Police were assisted by an ambulance, rapid response vehicle, ambulance officer vehicle and an East Anglian Air Ambulance. He was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge by air ambulance with serious head
injuries but has since died. Police are eager to hear from anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has dashcam footage. Anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to contact Sgt Andrew
Smith quoting 36/47189/23.
TAXI PASSENGER FINED £40 AFTER FLEEING WITHOUT PAYING FARE IN LEOMINSTER
A taxi passenger fled without paying his £50 fare in Leominster, a court has heard. Bradley O’Keefe entered a guilty plea to one count of making off without making payment to magistrates in Hereford in July. The court heard from prosecutor Mark Hambling that the 31-year-
old had, knowing that payment was required on the spot, dishonestly made off without paying and with intent to avoid paying a taxi far of £50 in Leominster, Herefordshire, on January 15 last year. O'Keefe was fined £40 for the offence, with magistrates saying
that they had taken his guilty plea into account when coming to their decision on the penalty. No order was made for prosecution costs to be paid due to his lack of means, but O’Keefe was ordered to pay a £34 victim surcharge to help fund services supporting victims of crime.
DUNFERMLINE WOMAN WHO DODGED TAXI FARE GIVEN 80 DAY RESTRICTION OF LIBERTY ORDER
A Dunfermline woman, who disappeared from a taxi after running up a fare of over £30, has been put on a ‘tag’. Shannon Catterall, 27, appeared at Dunfermline Sheriff Court to be sentenced for a series of offences going back more than three years. The most recent incident involved her ‘bumping’ a taxi after a journey from Cowdenbeath to Dunferm- line leaving the cabbie out of pocket. Catterall admitted that on April 28 at Marston’s Hotel, Fife Leisure Park, she obtained the hire of a taxi
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from Cowdenbeath High Street without paying and intending not to pay the fare of £32.20. She also admitted that on June 5 at Nisa Extra, Queensferry Road, Rosyth, she stole a quantity of food and cleaning items. The court was told the taxi driver picked up Catterall and a male from Cowdenbeath High Street at 8.50am and travelled to an address in Dunfermline. The taxi had to wait there for 20 minutes after Catterall got out. She returned to the taxi and asked to be taken to Fife Leisure Park.
When they got there the male said to Catterall: “You’re paying” – and went into a hotel. Catterall also went into the hotel and did not return, leaving the driver with an unpaid fare of £32.20. Sheriff Mark O’Hanlon imposed a restriction of liberty order for 80 days. Catterall has still to be re- sentenced for offences from 2020, including a violent street assault on a woman and assaulting police officers. Sheriff O’Hanlon further deferred sentencing on all these offences until October 11.
AUGUST 2023 PHTM
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