Not particularly interesting from a trade perspective, and no evidence of anything job-related - although his school run was chaperoned
And no mention of badge either. But presumably safe to assume there will be no badge in future. Ever.
Paedo Scots taxi driver caught in undercover cop sting after sick messages found
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/loca ... t-35715602
Aaron Burnicle, 36, was caught in a cross-border police sting after messaging a fake 13-year-old girl online begging for nude pictures.
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A taxi driver was caught in an undercover police sting after he sent depraved messages to an online decoy.
Aaron Burnicle, 36, was snared in a cross-border investigation when he began speaking to a fake 13-year-old girl on messaging app Kik.
Burnicle sent explicit images of himself and begged for nude pictures to be sent to him.
But he was unaware he was talking to a specially trained undercover officer working to weed out predators online.
Information about the chats between December 2023 and January last year was handed to Police Scotland who arrested him.
When interviewed by officers, dad-of-one Burnicle wept and claimed: "I would never touch a wean."
Burnicle, of Carfin, Lanarkshire, appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court and admitted indecent communications with an older child.
Depute fiscal Rosemary O'Neill told the court Burnicle, who ferried primary children to school in his taxi, broke down after police arrested him in a dawn raid.
She said: "A search was carried out and a number of items were recovered including his mobile phone.
"Police reminded him he was under caution and he identified the phone and told them it did not have a password or PIN code.
"The Kik app was logged in and a chat between the accused and the girl was found along with images that had been sent.
"He was later interviewed and made admissions about living at the property with his step-daughter and five-year-old son and that he has his own property in Bellshill but had not stayed there for some time.
"He stated he was employed as a taxi driver contracted to convey primary school age children to school with a chaperone and that he would never touch a wean and said it was not him, he didn't remember and then he became upset."
The court heard data from his IP address showed he had been on Kik more than 2,900 times in less than a month.
Eddie Robertson, defending, said: "It is quite clear that this is a serious matter.
"There were issues with drink and cocaine."
Sheriff Liam Murphy deferred sentence on first offender Burnicle until next month for reports.
He warned: "You have pled guilty to a very serious offence."
Burnicle was placed on the sex offenders' register.
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