Mum punched taxi driver after refusing to pay £13 cab fare on Mother's Day - Birmingham Live

Armani Nicholson, 32, had ordered a taxi home having been with pals boozing.

A boozy mum punched a taxi driver before yelling abuse at police - after refusing to pay a £13 cab fare on Mother's Day. Armani Nicholson, 32, had ordered a taxi home having been with pals boozing.

Police were called after the mum yelled abuse at a taxi driver, before punching him in the chest three times. She has been ordered to pay £13 for the cab fare, as well as £100 to the victim.

She has also been hit by a curfeew. The mum must not leave between 8pm and 6am any day over the next fortnight.

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John Garside, prosecuting, told the court: "She then shouted words to the effect of 'get out of my garden you freak'. The defendant had been shouting abusive language from her upstairs window into the street. She was shouting "f*** off".

Nick Musgrove, mitigating, said: "If the police officer has formed the view that she is someone who thinks she can do and get away with what she wants that is not the case.

"She has fully accepted that her behaviour was very poor on that night. She pleaded guilty and the first opportunity and I think that does show there is genuine remorse. Although she is not of good character, she doesn't have anything for assault. She is not someone who is prone to this sort of behaviour."

Nicolson admitted two counts of assaulting a police officer, one of common assault, one of making off without payment and one of using threatening and abusive language to cause harm, alarm of distress.

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