cant belive he's trying to get back in the taxi trade:
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KILLER IN BID TO GET BACK TAXI LICENCE
STUART ABEL
12:00 - 13 October 2004
A convicted killer stripped of his city taxi licence has launched a legal appeal to win it back, the Herald can reveal. Iain Morrison, who served less than two years in prison for manslaughter, is to take his case to Plymouth magistrates.
Beth Taylor, the mother of the man he killed, today said she was disgusted by his decision.
She said: "We can't get on with our lives until he stops driving a taxi."
Mr Morrison is appealing against the refusal by the council's licensing committee in August to grant him a private hire licence.
He was originally awarded a licence by the committee back in April - just weeks after he was released from prison. But he decided to hand over his badge in May, after Mrs Taylor asked the council to reverse its decision.
The committee then rescinded his licence two months ago.
Now Mr Morrison is asking city magistrates to overturn the council's decision which will allow him to work again - if he can find a licensed operator to employ him.
Mr Morrison, formerly of Roborough but now thought to be living in Colebrook, Plympton, threw a single punch at David Taylor, who tried to calm a late-night brawl in Union Street in April 2002.
The blow sent Mr Taylor falling to the floor where he struck his head, suffering fatal injuries.
Before sentencing Mr Morrison to five years in jail in February last year, Judge William Taylor described the act as 'gratuitous aggression'.
The court heard that he had previous convictions for assault causing actual bodily harm and common assault in 1989 and 1991.
The manslaughter sentence was later reduced on appeal to two-and-a-half years.
Mrs Taylor said: "He is not the right person to be driving a taxi.
"He may have only thrown one fatal punch but he has a background of violence. I would not feel safe if I saw him driving around in a taxi."
The city council refused to comment on the appeal, but is expected to contest the case in court.
Plymcabs also refused to comment and Mr Morrison was not available.