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Taxi fare dodger allegedly fractures a woman’s arm after being served with court papers

18 Jun 2019

Steve Kenton

https://www.taxi-point.co.uk/single-pos ... urt-papers

A taxi fare dodger has allegedly fractured a woman's arm after she served him with court papers pertaining to the offence.

At around 1.20pm on 14 June, Reverend Emma Newman attended the home of Alan Binder to serve court papers after her husband, taxi driver, Steven Newman, took legal action against him for obtaining a service by deception. This follows the claim that Binder paid only part of his fare on 27 May.

Mr Newman of Bourne, Lincolnshire was disqualified from serving the papers himself because his role as the complainant, so his wife, who is a member of the clergy and also a solicitor, offered to serve the papers.

After it emerged that Binder, of Deeping St James, Peterborough, was not at home, Reverend Newman posted a copy of the papers through his door and then went to Binder’s place of work to serve the court papers in person.

After Reverend Newman explained to Mr Binder the reason for the court papers being served, Binder allegedly became verbally abusive about her husband, branding him a "f****** liar". He also claimed that he threw £15 at the taxi driver and not £10, as was claimed by Mr Newman for the £26.40 fare.

In her statement to the police, Reverend Newman said that Binder then moved towards her, screwing up the court paperwork and shoving it into her chest before throwing the paperwork on the ground and storming out of the office.

Reverend Newman then picked up the paperwork, telling Binder that she required his signature for service, however it is alleged that he then became more aggressive, using a number of expletives and denying any involvement in the incident.

It was at this point that the taxi driver's wife informed Binder that there was dashcam footage from inside the vehicle which would contradict his version of events, and he was being given the opportunity of doing the "gentlemanly" thing and settle his fare.

It is then alleged that Binder produced a wad of notes from his pocket and pulled out £15, shoving the notes into Reverend Newman's chest before pushing her toward a filing cabinet and a wall, thus cornering her and preventing her from escaping.

As Reverend Newman tried to escape, she claims Binder struck her repeatedly on the arm and shouted at her. The taxi driver’s wife then asked Binder to calm down.

The frightened woman managed to make an escape but reports that Binder pursued her, pushing her into the wall.

Reverend Newman's husband, who was sitting in a vehicle outside Binder's office, approached the building upon seeing an altercation. Binder subsequently backed off.

Binder was reported to the police regarding the alleged assault and Reverend Newman attended her local accident and emergency department, where it was discovered that she had a hairline fracture to a bone in her arm.

Local police are continuing with their enquiries into the matter.

Lincolnshire police always insist fare dodging is a civil matter so surprised they are involved can't think who the driver is though but i don't know the Bourne drivers well

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

I think the police are continuing their enquirers into the alleged assault.

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Grandad,

The problem is, when it becomes a dispute over the amount to be paid that’s when it can become a civil matter and the police don’t want to know.

And dealing with it under Civil Claims rules has led to the crazy situation we see now.

If the Police had acted, or been asked to act, on the runner offence, then the runner would not now be possibly up for ABH.

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Taxi fare dodger who fractured woman’s arm after being served with court papers receives suspended prison sentence

https://www.taxi-point.co.uk/single-pos ... n-sentence

23 Aug 2019

Steve Kenton

A taxi fare dodger who fractured a woman's arm after she served him with court papers has been given a suspended prison sentence.

Alan Binder, of Deeping St James, Peterborough, appeared before Lincon Magistrate's Court on Thursday, 22 August where he pleaded guilty to assault and battery.

The assault, which occurred on 14 June, happened when Reverend Emma Newman attended Binder's workplace to serve court papers on him after her husband, taxi driver, Steven Newman, took legal action against him for obtaining a service by deception when he didn't pay his full taxi fare on 27 May.
Mr Newman of Bourne, Lincolnshire was disqualified from serving the papers himself because of his role as the complainant, so his wife, who is a member of the clergy and also a solicitor, offered to serve the papers.

The Reverend initially attended Binder's home but he wasn't there, so she posted a copy of the papers through his door and then went to his place of work to serve the court papers in person.

Upon finding him there, Reverend Newman explained the reason for the court papers being served, the accused then became verbally abusive about her husband.

As reported in TaxiPoint on 18 June, Reverend Newman said in her statement to police that Binder moved towards her, screwing up the court paperwork and shoving it into her chest before throwing the paperwork on the ground and storming out of his office.

She then picked up the paperwork, telling Binder that she required his signature for service, however he then became more aggressive, using a number of expletives and denying any involvement in the incident.

He was then told that there was dashcam footage from inside the vehicle which would contradict his version of events, and he was being given the opportunity of doing the "gentlemanly" thing and settle his fare.

He then produced a wad of notes from his pocket and pulled out £15, shoving the notes into Reverend Newman's chest before pushing her toward a filing cabinet and a wall, cornering her and preventing her from escaping.

As she tried to escape, the accused struck her repeatedly on the arm and shouted at her.

The Reverend managed to make an escape but Binder pursued her, pushing her into the wall.

After attending her local accident and emergency department it was discovered that Reverend Newman had sustained a hairline fracture to a bone in her arm.

Binder received a 2 year suspended sentence, 1 year probation, £500 court costs and was ordered to pay £200 compensation to Reverend Newman.

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