Taxi driver hit over delay

by Aftab Fri 21 Dec 2007 - 15:33

Taxi driver hit over delay

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Taxi-driver-hit-over-delay.3611615.jp

AN IMPATIENT farmer punched a taxi driver in the face as he felt he was taking too long to pick him up, a court heard yesterday.
George Young – who was the Hawick Cornet at the town's 1999 festival celebrations – flagged down the cab and carried out the assault on 1 July.

Jedburgh Sheriff Court heard that John Gillie had earlier told the 32-year-old that he had three other fares to collect before he could take him to his farmhouse near Hawick, Roxburghshire.

Graham Fraser, prosecuting, said:

"The driver was taking the third fare home when Young stopped his vehicle in the street and punched him."

It was his third conviction for assault, which included an eight-month jail term. Sentence was deferred until next month.