JUST DESERTS
JARROW FARE DODGER WHO THREATENED CABBIE WITH KNIFE JAILED FOR 12 MONTHS
A fare dodger who threatened a taxi driver with a knife after claiming his cash had been stolen has been jailed. David Newsome, 52, was sen- tenced to 12 months in prison at Newcastle Crown Court after admitting to threatening a person with a bladed article and making off without payment.
The incident occurred in May this year when New- some booked a taxi from Hebburn to Jarrow. Once at his destination, he went inside the property for cash, but returned to the taxi empty-handed. He then became angry and
accused a homeless person of taking the money. Judge Tim Gittins told Newsome that his actions were “completely unacceptable” and that he had put the taxi driver in fear. “You lunged at him with the knife and pressed that knife several times towards him while making threats,” the judge said.
BROTHERS SENTENCED FOR FIRING BALL BEARINGS AT TAXI AND FOR THEFT IN HAMPSHIRE
Two brothers from Bransgore, Hampshire, have been sentenced for a series of crimes, including an attack on a taxi driver’s vehicle. Dillon Alan Cooper, 21, and Thomas Edward Cooper, 21, appeared at Southampton Magistrates’ Court on 10 September, after pleading guilty to their charges.
The court heard that on 28 February, 2023, the brothers caused significant damage to a taxi in Bransgore’s Burley Road by firing ball bearings at it shortly after 11 am. The incident left the driver fearing for their safety. Both brothers were ordered to pay the victim £650 each, bringing the
40 MONTHS’ JAIL FOR PASSENGER WHO ROBBED GATESHEAD
PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER AT KNIFEPOINT
A cabbie was left shaken after being robbed and assaulted by a knife-wielding passenger in Gateshead. The 60-year-old driver was called to Kieran Elsdon’s home on May 30. Once in the car, Elsdon demanded a change of route and then ordered the driver out. When the cabbie turned to face him, Elsdon produced a knife, and struck him in the face, causing swelling to his left eye. The victim fled, but Elsdon drove
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off in the taxi and crashed into a parked car. Elsdon, 21, was apprehended and found to have stolen £200 and a vape. Elsdon pleaded guilty to robbery, possession of a bladed article, driving while disqualified, and without insur-ance, and failing to stop after an accident. He was sentenced to 40 months in prison.
total compensation to £1,300. Dillon Cooper also admitted to stealing camping equipment and tools worth £3,500 from a vehicle in Emery Down in June, 2023, and Cooper was ordered to pay the victim £2,746.62 in compensation. In addition to the compensation, both brothers received an 18- month community order. Thomas Cooper must complete a maximum of 15 rehabilitation activity days and 150 hours of unpaid work. He also received a sentence for two separate counts of assaulting a police officer and sergeant in January 2023. Dillon Cooper was mandated to complete a maximum of 20 rehabilitation activity days and 270 hours of unpaid work. PC Katherine Gillingham said: “This is a positive outcome for the victims. The Cooper brothers must now face the consequences of their actions and compensate those they harmed. “We will always work tirelessly to hold offenders accountable for such behaviour and criminality.”
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