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Well this is a bit odd - police arrive mob-handed over a fare dispute, but then it's 'nothing to see here'

And a big headline and photo in the Echo about it, then just three paragraphs of copy


Police swarm road near McDonald's after 'taxi fare dispute'

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/li ... s-29512639

Several police officers were called to the scene


Image: ESFP/Liverpool Echo

Police swarmed a road near McDonald's following a "taxi fare dispute".

Pictures shared with the ECHO showed a number of police cars and several officers near to the McDonald's on Rice Lane in Walton at around 11pm on Tuesday, July 9. The photo shows a group of police officers appearing to talk to one another and one officer can be seen talking to a man.

A spokesperson for Merseyside Police confirmed the call was in regards to a "dispute over a taxi fare" and it was a civil matter. Police said "no offence was committed".

so the police don't believe the theft act 1976 was relevant to this incident

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

The problem is that if the passenger is disputing the amount of the fare and is willing to pay a certain amount, it becomes a civil matter.