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> In the entire history of the hackney carriage (black cab) license - going back to 1662 - I know of only one case of a driver having been prosecuted for rape,
by JonAtkinson 9y ago
> In the entire history of the hackney carriage (black cab) license - going back to 1662 - I know of only one case of a driver having been prosecuted for rape, about 5 years ago.
That's absolute bollocks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Worboys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Worboys
- scaryclam 9y agoIs it possible that that's the case PaulRobinson was referring to? A few years earlier than he thinks but it's plausable no?
- JonAtkinson 9y agoPossibly, but as mattlondon's sibling comment alludes to, the statement of a single rape prosecution in more than 300 years is still a long way from the truth.
- moogie 9y agoYet no-one's managed to come up with evidence of it being false. Perhaps less knee jerk "I can't believe that!" and more checking facts before discounting comments
- dwild 9y agoSomeone else gave that link: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/over-400-london-cab-drivers-charged-with-crimes-last-year-a3226396.html https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/over-400-london-cab-dr... Over 400 that same year he quoted.
- scaryclam 9y agoThat's crimes though, not rape prosecutions, which is different to the original posters claim.