FFS what sort of mush applies for a taxi/PH license when he is a murderer.
And would the fact that he has had no convictions since the murder one be that he was inside for most of that time?
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| Author: | captain cab [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 1:42 pm ] |
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Police oppose murderer's taxi bid Dumfries and Galloway Council is considering the application A chief constable has objected to a convicted murderer's bid to become a taxi driver. William Currie, from Dalbeattie, was jailed in 1993 for murdering a man in Dumfries. Dumfries and Galloway Police Chief Constable David Strang said William Currie was "not a fit and proper person" to hold a taxi licence. Mr Currie will have a chance to put his case to councillors considering the application. A report on Mr Currie's application revealed a string of offences committed between 1987 and 1993. Life sentence It included the murder of a night-watchman at an indoor market for which he was given a life sentence. Mr Currie also has convictions for assault, robbery and road traffic offences. Mr Strang has tabled a formal objection to the council. He said that while Mr Currie has had no convictions since the murder, the nature of his previous crimes was a cause for serious concern. The council's report into the application said: "In the circumstances the police would object to the grant of a taxi drivers' licence, as William Currie is not considered a fit and proper person to hold such a licence." Anyone applying for a taxi driver's licence has to disclose previous convictions as part of the process. |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 2:32 pm ] |
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Quote: He said that while Mr Currie has had no convictions since the murder, the nature of his previous crimes was a cause for serious concern.
That has to be the understatement of the year! No convictions since the Murder one, I wonder how long he was jailed for? CC |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:40 pm ] |
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FFS what sort of mush applies for a taxi/PH license when he is a murderer.
And would the fact that he has had no convictions since the murder one be that he was inside for most of that time?
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| Author: | Guest [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:42 pm ] |
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maybe he just hasn't been caught...!! |
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| Author: | GMB Branch secretary [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:46 pm ] |
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But could he buy a plate and rent it out, and then join the NTA???? |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:47 pm ] |
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GMB Branch secretary wrote: But could he buy a plate and rent it out, and then join the NTA????
I'm afraid not. CC |
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| Author: | GMB Branch secretary [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:49 pm ] |
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Another lost member for you oh well. |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:52 pm ] |
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GMB Branch secretary wrote: Another lost member for you oh well.
Thanks for he thought though, we don't allow Scots Murderers in, especially Scots plate holders CC |
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| Author: | rambo [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:56 pm ] |
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The woorying thing about this story is that he only did 13 yrs for murder!. |
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| Author: | GMB Branch secretary [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:01 pm ] |
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Capitilist law sunshine rob a bank 20yrs hurt a human never mind. the law in this country is designed to protect property not CITIZENS. ORGANISE EDUCATE AGITATE!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| Author: | JD [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:44 pm ] |
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Perhaps an account of the actual crime might assist the debate along? ............................................................. The Herald (Glasgow) March 16, 1993 HEADLINE: Man gets life for murder of night watchman A DUMFRIES man was jailed for life yesterday for murdering a 54-year-old night watchman and robbing him of £85. At Kilmarnock High Court yesterday William Currie, otherwise known as William Dodds, 29, originally faced an indictment listing a total of seven charges involving fraud, attempted fraud, conspiracy, attempted housebreaking and attempting to defeat the ends of justice. But pleas of not guilty to six of the charges submitted by his defence counsel, Mr Donald Findlay, QC, were accepted by the Crown. Advocate-depute Mrs Fiona Reith also accepted the deletion from the murder charge itself of allegations that Currie had cut Mr Robert McMurtie repeatedly on the face and neck with a knife or similar instrument, and had later mutilated his body by cutting off his genitals and placing them in the victim's mouth. Mrs Reith told the court that Currie, of Mauchline Terrace, Dumfries, had formerly worked at Rogan's Market in the Whitesands, Dumfries, where his wife was also employed. When his job ended he continued to visit the premises, getting to know both Mr McMurtrie and the guard dog which belonged to the market owner. "He befriended the dog and took it for walks -- no doubt an advantage when he broke in," she said. Mrs Reith explained that on October 4, last year, Currie used his knowledge of the building to get in through a hole in the roof which had been made during a previous break-in and which had been covered with a piece of asbestos sheet. Currie, she said, accepted he was responsible for murdering Mr McMurtie, of Queen Street, Dumfries, in the manner set out in the charge, which detailed how he jumped on his victim, knocking him to the ground, and struck him repeatedly on the head, legs, and body with a hard object, or caused him to strike a hard object or surface, kicking him repeatedly on the head and body, and repeatedly stamping on his head. The attack resulted in an extensive series of fractures to the victim's skull, face and lower jaw described as "massive" in a pathologist's report. A post-mortem examination showed that the temporal lobes on the side of Mr McMurtie's skull were thinner than normal and thus more brittle. But Mrs Reith said that did not detract from the pathologist's view that the force involved in the assault must have been severe. As a result the victim suffered bleeding into the membrane of the brain and injuries to his face and jaw leading to bleeding into the mouth, with some of this blood being inhaled. "Regrettably death was not instantaneous. He would have become progressively unconscious," Mrs Reith added. She said Currie was arrested when he gave the cash he stole to his sister and she went to the police. Mr Findlay told Lord MacLean that it was Currie's position that another individual had also been involved and that person's identity had been made known to police in January. Jailing Currie for life, Lord MacLean told him the violence he had shown toward his victim was "quite exceptional". .................................... |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:02 pm ] |
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Well found JD, quite unbelievable this story. CC |
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| Author: | jimbo [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:06 pm ] |
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The man was jailed for life, and therefore released on licence. He could be returned to jail for looking at someone the wrong way... |
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| Author: | JD [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:10 pm ] |
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captain cab wrote: Well found JD, quite unbelievable this story.
CC Perhaps it sheds a little clarity on the state of mind of this person at the time he committed this murder? I suppose we can understand why the police objected? Regards JD |
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| Author: | rambo [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:20 pm ] |
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I doubt very much if he would be returned to prison, there's no room!. Just imagine if a member of the dead mans family call a cab and this guy turns up. My view=no licence. |
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