JUST DESERTS
SKIPTON MAN WHO DIDN’T PAY FARE ORDERED TO PAY COMPENSATION
A Skipton man who made off without paying a taxi fare and failed to turn up to his hearing in court has been sentenced, Kai Bailey, 20, from Skipton, was due to appear at Skipton Magistrates' Court on Friday, April 21, to face a charge of making off
without paying a £126 taxi fare in relation to
appeared at York a journey from
Harrogate to Skipton on Christmas Day last year. According to the Craven Herald, when he failed to appear at court a warrant not backed by bail was issued. Bailey subsequently
Magistrates'
Court on April 26. He pleaded guilty to the offence. Magistrates ordered he pay compensation to the taxi company of £126. No order for costs or surcharge was made.
EIGHT YEARS’ JAIL FOR MAN WHO TRIED TO ROB ISLE OF WIGHT CABBIE AT KNIFEPOINT
A Niton man who tried to rob an Isle of Wight taxi driver at knifepoint has been sent to prison for eight years. On 12 November last year, Nicholas Butcher caught a ride to Sandown in a local taxi. When the vehicle stopped on Station Avenue, Butcher threatened the driver with a knife, demanding he hand over money.
Thankfully, the victim was uninjured and was able to drive away before alerting police to the incident. Nothing was stolen. Investigations led detectives to Butcher’s door and he was arrested on suspicion of attempted robbery and possession of a knife in a public place. He pleaded not guily to the two charges. A trial held at the Isle of Wight
Crown Court led to a jury returning a guilty verdict on both counts. His Honour Judge Peter Lodder KC sentenced the 37-year-old to eight years in custody on Friday 12 May, with a further three years on licence. Butcher has more than 17 previous convictions, including for robbery, and in 2018 received a two-year prison sentence.
MAN FINED FOR HURLING DRUNKEN ABUSE AT TAXI FIRM STAFF IN WREXHAM CITY CENTRE
A “thoroughly unpleasant” man who hurled drunken abuse at the staff of a taxi firm has been fined. Neil Bagnall, 37, appeared at Wrexham Magistrates Court on Tuesday 23 May. After telling the court he did not have a fixed address, he admitted that he was guilty while drunk of disorderly behaviour in Abbot Street, Wrexham. Prosecutor Rhian Jackson told the court that on May 5, at around 1.15am, police were alerted by security officers at Diamond Cabs
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in Abbott Street to Bagnall. He was being abusive to staff, calling them offensive names and making obscene gestures at them. Police told him to move on, but he answered that he wasn’t ‘going anywhere,’ and approached the police car window to ask “or what?” He was pushed back to create space and prevent him from making any attempts of assault but continued to approach the officers.
Bagnall then stood in the middle of the road and refused to move, leading to his arrest. Defending himself, Bagnall was asked whether he wished to say anything to the court about the offence. He did not, but added: “I’ll take the fine on the chin.” The defendant, labelled a “thoroughly unpleasant individual” by Deputy District Judge Lee Davies, was ordered to pay a £60 fine, £85 costs and a £24 victim surcharge.
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