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Drunk woman, 23, vandalised taxi and boyfriend had to be restrained - after cabbie refused to pick them up

Drunken yob Samantha Cross vandalised a taxi she had booked – after the driver refused to pick her up. Police were called after the 23-year-old punched the car’s window and made a dent in the door with her knee. Officers who attended the scene arrested her – and also detained her boyfriend for being drunk and disorderly.

Magistrates at North Staffordshire Justice Centre heard Cross and her 20-year-old partner Kieron Hague had been drinking vodka at his sister’s house prior to the incident. Prosecutor Moira Bell said: “The injured party is a taxi driver who was called to Victoria Road in Fenton at around 1.30am on January 17. “When he arrived, the customer that had booked the taxi failed to identify themselves. He called the mobile phone number provided and there was no answer.

“The defendant and her partner approached, both clearly drunk, and asked to be taken to Meir. The taxi driver refused, because he was still waiting for his booked fare. “There appears to have been some misunderstanding, as the defendant had called the taxi.” Cross, of Cornelious Street, Meir, then lashed out at the Toyota Avensis in frustration.

Miss Bell said: “The defendant lost her temper at this and banged on the window with a clenched fist before kneeing the door. There was a small dent on the door.” When police officers arrived they found Cross and Hague arguing in the middle of the street. Miss Bell said: “Both were stumbling and smelled heavily of alcohol. Officers tried to calm Mr Hague down. Due to the level of his intoxication he was shouting and swearing loudly. His behaviour was causing vehicles to slow down. “He had to be physically restrained to stop him walking into the road.”

Cross went on to plead guilty to criminal damage while Hague, also of Cornelious Street, admitted being drunk and disorderly. The court heard Hague’s conviction put him in breach of a previously-imposed suspended sentence order. Lesley Barnett, representing Hague, said he fully accepted responsibility for his actions and was making ‘excellent’ progress with the Probation Service.

Magistrates fined Hague £80 for the new offence plus £80 for breaching the suspended sentence order. He was also ordered to pay £135 court costs and a £30 victim surcharge.

The court heard Cross, who was not represented by a solicitor, was the subject of a recently-imposed community order and was ‘engaging well’.Magistrates handed her a six-month conditional discharge – meaning she will not be punished if she does not commit another offence during that period – to allow the existing order to continue. She must pay £135 court costs and a £30 victim surcharge.

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It is a well known fact that "Anyone" can appeal against a (seen to be) lenient sentence, tbh it usually happens in high profile cases. My question is; How far down the scale in terms of crime severity, will this appeal process be allowed?

Once again no compo for the driver - but the court get their money......Why?

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if you cannot be yourself, then who can you be.

Be in no doubt those scumbags wont be appealing against those sentences, I suspect they are still pi**ing themselves laughing.

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