JUST DESSERTS JAILED FOR DRUNKEN ATTACK ON EDINBURGH DRIVER
A former soldier was sent back to prison for two years after attack- ing a cabbie following his early release from a jail sentence.
According to the Courier and Advertis- er, Craig Miller,
24,
was brought back before the judge who originally ordered his
detention in 2006. At Edinburgh High Court it was ordered that Miller should serve 756 days’ imprisonment from his earlier five year sen- tence before starting his current penalty. Miller was released last July before com- mitting a further attack
in March this year. He repeatedly punched taxi driver Joseph Wilson, 64, and tried to kick him. The defence solicitor said this attack result- ed from “a drunken disagreement over the fare.”
Mmm...Here we go again - yet another repeat offender. - Ed
SUSPENDED SENTENCE FOR DRUNKEN ASSAULT ON WEARSIDE CABBIE
A Wearsider admitted a drunken assault on a taxi driver and the cab- bie’s boss.
The Sunderland Echo reports that Michael Murray, 26, was out in a group in Wooler, Northumberland, when they got into a minibus taxi. However, the driver, Alan Easton, 69, became increas- ingly worried by how
drunk the group was. Berwick Magistrates’ Court was told that Mr Easton contacted his boss, Ronald Hood, 64, for help. He met the taxi en route when the driver pulled over intending to ask the group to leave.
Mr Easton and Mr Hood walked around to the side door to get the group out. The
defendant, after exiting the taxi, punched Mr Easton several times. He then punched Mr Hood, knocking him to the ground.
Magistrates imposed a 12-week prison sen- tence, suspended for two years. He was put on a curfew, tagged and ordered to pay £200 compensation to each of the victims.
18 MONTHS FOR NOTTINGHAM YOUTH WHO NEARLY COLLIDED WITH TRAIN
A teenager with more than 80 offences on his record has been sentenced for his part in taking a taxi, which was driven along tram tracks.
A tram was forced to stop as the Skoda came towards it at a tram crossing in Old Basford. Passengers had to make their own
way home.
Ben Wilson, 18, who was a passenger in the Skoda, was arrested and charged with aggravated vehicle-tak- ing. He was sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court to 18 months in youth custody and dis- qualified from driving for two years.
The Recorder said the
fact Wilson was the passenger and not the driver was irrelevant as far as the law is concerned. Wilson, from Sherwood, had been released from his last sentence two days before this offence. The Skoda had been taken in Stapleford by a man claiming to be the taxi driver’s fare.
WEST YORKSHIRE CABBIES IN BUNGLED PLAN TO DODGE SPEED TICKETS
A speeding ticket scam involving private hire drivers hit the skids after a farcical blunder. According to the York- shire Evening Post, ‘Mr Fix It’, Tajamal Hussain tried to help six taxi and delivery drivers evade motoring con- victions by filling in traffic offence notices with fake details. But in a monumental
error, he filled in each of the forms in his own handwriting and gave almost identical add- resses.
The fraud was soon spotted by West York- shire Police who noticed the pattern and began an investigation. Last month at Leeds Crown Court, Mr Hus- sain, 36, from Leeds, pleaded guilty to five
counts of perverting the course of justice. He was given an 11- month suspended sentence and ordered to complete 250 hours of unpaid work and pay £1,500 in court costs. The six drivers involved in the fraud were disqualified from driving and ordered to do unpaid work in the community.
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SIX MONTHS FOR RACIALLY AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON HEREFORD TAXI DRIVER
An Asian taxi driver was attacked and racially abused after he picked up a group of youngsters in Here- ford city centre.
There was a dispute about the fare and the driver was struck before the passengers ran off without paying. Daniel Bufton, 21, and Jamie Whittingham, 17, both from Hereford,
pleaded guilty at Worcester Crown Court to making off without payment and racially aggravated assault. Bufton - who had 21 previous convictions to his name - was sent to prison for six months. Whittingham, had 11 previous convictions, and sentence on him was deferred for six months.
The Judge said that courts had a duty to protect taxi drivers “who were carrying out a vital public serv- ice often in the early hours of the morning”. Mmm... yet another repeat offender. And they say a prison term “isn’t appropriate”? What other deterrent? Bring back the stocks?! - Ed
THREE YEARS FOR DRUNK WHO ROBBED PETERBOROUGH DRIVER
A drunk who robbed a taxi driver of his tak- ings has been jailed for three years. Mark Low, 23, from Spalding, was sen- tenced at Lincoln Crown Court last month after admitting robbery and theft. According to the Peterborough Evening Telegraph, the court heard that Low had been released from a 21-month prison sen-
tence on licence just days before robbing Mohammed Mazhar on March 9.
Low held Mr Mazhar, 42, from Peterbor- ough, while another man punched him in the eye. They stole his £70 takings but were traced by CCTV from the store where they had asked staff to call for the taxi.
The Judge told Low: “You were released
from your previous sentence on licence only seven days before you committed this offence. That is a seri- ous aggravating factor. A sentence of immediate custody must follow.”
Mmm... how many of these stories involve persons who have only just been released from prison, days before committing similar crimes. - Ed
PHTM SEPTEMBER 2010
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