All Entries Tagged With: "bogus taxis"

Teen thought her attacker was a taxi driver

A RAPIST has been warned he faces jail after attacking a teenager who mistook his car for a taxi.

Man arrested following bogus taxi sex attacks

A man has been arrested following an investigation into a bogus taxi driver who attacked women.
“I must stress the importance of only using licensed and preordered taxis and where possible I would urge women not to travel alone.”

Man charged In Newcastle Rape Case

A man has been charged with raping a 19-year-old student in Newcastle.

Name and Shame?

While I acknowledge that attacks against taxi drivers are abhorrent and racist attacks in particular are despicable. It is always entirely wrong to abuse……..

Cabbie caught in crackdown on illegal fares

An illegal fare ended up costing cabbie Colin Burnett hundreds of pounds.
The driver was hauled before the courts after being caught in a sting operation targeting taxi drivers who pick up work illegally………

Taxi warning after sexual assault

Police are warning of the dangers of unlicensed taxis after a woman was sexually assaulted in Oxfordshire by a man claiming to be a taxi driver.

The woman, in her 20s, was walking along the High Street, Banbury………

Operation targets illegal cabs: London

The Metropolitan police service’s cab enforcement unit, part of the Transport for London-funded Safer Transport Command, made forty arrests during a recent covert operation earlier this month

Cab enforcement unit officers patrolled touting hotspots in central London locations such as the Haymarket and in prevalent areas in south London.

They dealt with touting, illegal operating, illegal plying for hire, and unlicensed drivers and vehicles………..

Bogus Taxi Driver jailed for Rape

A man convicted of raping a girl who got into his car thinking it was a taxi has been jailed for six years.

Sean Moynihan, 24, took the 16-year-old to a secluded spot in Paisley in April last year and forced her to have sex.

Bogus Taxi drivers’ sex assault on student

A MAN who falsely posed as a taxi driver as he cruised Chester city centre looking for women picked up a student and attacked her……

Why The Taxi / Private Hire Trade Needs ‘GOOD’ Enforcement

BOGUS cabbie Andrew Beal is behind bars after trying to trap a teenage girl he planned to attack.

As the Chronicle revealed, the sinister dangerman cruised city streets posing as a taxi driver looking for a victim.

Sting on Bogus Taxis:Newcastle-u-Tyne

Aside from the safety issues,this deprives the legitimate hackney carriage trade of work. Hackney Carriage licence holders pay money to us to have their badges and expect to be able to work without having to compete with cars operating illegally

Newcastle Hacks Protest Against Berwick Licenced Cars

Newcastle Taxi drivers Takings are down over the last few months as more and more Berwick Licenced cars are issued to drivers from tyneside,some of whom have probably never even been to Berwick-upon Tweed, yet no one seems to care but the legitimate Taxi drivers who are affected the most by this ridiculous state of affairs. It could only happen in Britain!!