Taxi Driver Online

Nothing particularly out of the ordinary about abuse with a racial element, but the narrative here is slightly odd. Anyway, the court report mentions that the perp came forward following the publication of a CCTV image last July. So obviously I went looking for the image

Ended up down a bit of a rabbit hole But the photo was obviously removed from official social media by police after the woman came forward last year. And it's not on here. But eventually found it on the Craven Herald's site, surprise, surprise. So this is the appeal issued last year:


Police seek woman following incident at Skipton Bus Station

https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/202 ... s-station/


Image: North Yorkshire Police/Craven Herald

POLICE have issued an image of a woman they would like to speak to following an incident near Skipton Bus Station when a man was verbally abused whilst waiting on the taxi rank.

The incident took place around 8.10pm on Friday, July 1.

Officers are asking members of the public to get in touch if they recognise the person in the image as they believe they will have information that will help the investigation.

Anyone with any information is asked to email Nigel.Bryan@northyorkshire.police.uk or call North Yorkshire Police on 101, select option 2 and ask for PC1559 Nigel Bryan.

If you wish to remain anonymous, you can pass information to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Please quote reference number 12220113888 when passing on information.

For what it's worth, this is what's left on the NYP website after the initial appeal, and that earlier appeal and photo seem to have been removed. Think it's been mentioned on here before how police often seem to remove photos issued in appeals once the suspect has been identified, but it remains on newspaper sites etc, and this is a classic example:


CCTV appeal update

https://www.northyorkshire.police.uk/ne ... al-update/

Following our CCTV appeal for help after a man was verbally abused during an incident near Skipton Bus Station, the woman in the image has now been identified.

The woman is helping officers with their enquiries.

Thank you to everyone who shared the appeal.

Incident reference 12220113888.

Anyway, this is the court report published online today. Read this literally and it sounds like the driver touted the woman, but I'd guess he actually just rolled the window down to speak to them rather than how it sounds below. But that's maybe a minor detail anyway


Woman fined after racially abusing taxi driver in Skipton

https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/232 ... r-skipton/

A WOMAN who admitted being racially abusive to a taxi driver in Skipton has been fined and ordered to pay him compensation for his distress.

Nicola Currie, 46, of Chevin Drive, Skipton, appeared before Skipton magistrates to answer the charge which occurred on July 1 last year.

Prosecuting, Nadine Clough said Kashif Mahmood, a driver for Station Taxis, was parked in Keighley Road next to Sound Bar at 8.10pm that evening when two females approached his vehicle. He wound down his window and asked them if they needed a taxi.

Miss Clough said Currie told him his taxi smelled of cannabis. He told her he had been eating chocolate. He also suggested it could be the air freshener he had in the car but Currie did not accept this explanation and called him a deeply offensive and racist name.

Currie was interviewed by police on July 24 . She was shown mobile footage of the insulting exchange for which she said she was deeply sorry.

In mitigation, solicitor John Mewies said Currie had voluntarily gone to speak to police after a photograph of herself taken during the incident had been published on social media. The picture had been released by North Yorkshire Police as part of an appeal for information.

Mr Mewies said on the evening in question, his client, an administration officer, had been out with work colleagues attending a leaving party and during the course of the evening had, uncharacteristically, drank far more than she would normally do.

He added that although she had never taken cannabis, she knew what it smelled like and when challenging the taxi driver, was not convinced with his explanation. He had also pointed out that it was likely she could smell the air freshener he had in the vehicle.

"She was far from convinced and felt it was unsavoury and unnecessary for a vehicle to be in that condition.

"As soon as she said what she did she was remorseful. It was totally out of character."

Magistrates were handed a letter from the defendant and said they had noted the circumstances in which she had come forward to the police. They also noted her previous good character had now gone because of the incident.

She was fined £346 and and ordered to pay £75 compensation to the taxi driver for his upset, a surcharge of £138 and court costs of £85.

I would suggest that just maybe the local police should try spot inspecting and testing drivers for drug use.

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

Maybe some shouldn't take the word of a pi**ed up racist.

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