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| Author: | Sussex [ Sat Apr 05, 2008 6:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | You can run, but you can't hide |
Taxi attack fugitive behind bars A WOULD-be robber who turned his life around during four years on the run for an attack on a cabbie has been jailed. Mark Batey tried to rob a taxi driver who picked him up after a night out in South Shields on January 19, 2004, and punched him during the process. The 30-year-old smashed up the cab after the driver managed to flee. After the incident Batey left the country, working in Holland as a dry liner as well as carrying out contracts in the UK. He also met and settled down with a new partner who gave birth to his child. But at Newcastle Crown Court yesterday, Batey, of Gladstone Terrace, Boldon, was jailed for 18 months after he admitted attempted robbery, criminal damage and theft. Judge Esmond Faulks told him: "You did not face sentence at the time because you skipped bail and fled the country. "You seem to have been working since then, and you now have a new partner and she has had a child by you. "Everything was looking good, except for the fact you have to answer for these offences. "In a sense, it is right you do seem to have turned your life around. "But I can't overlook the fact this is a serious offence. "You attacked a taxi driver, a vulnerable person at night, and he is entitled to know that the courts will protect him." Judge Faulks said he hoped Batey would stay on the straight and narrow and not come before the courts again. The judge said: "I hope you go back to being the law abiding citizen you have become over the last four years." |
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