Taxi-wait man broke window in frustration
A man who became frustrated when the taxi he had ordered failed to arrive smashed the window of a cab out of frustration.
Blackburn magistrates heard that Stephen Adam Colquhoun lost his temper after seeing numerous people getting into vehicles from the same firm he had ordered a taxi from.
He argued with the driver of one such vehicle after a couple got into the car he thought should have been taking him home.
Colquhoun, 25, of Bolton Road, Blackburn, admitted criminal damage. He was given a conditional discharge for 12 months and ordered to pay £120 compensation and £60 costs.
Catherine Allan, prosecuting, said the incident took place on Darwen Street and was seen by a police officer.
Rachel Adamson, defending, said Colquhoun believed the people who got in the taxi were being put before him and his friends.
"He got into a row with the driver then lashed out as the car drove off. He didn't expect the glass to break but accepts he was entirely in the wrong."
March 2007 Lancashire Telegraph