Hereford Times - 14th January 2016 - Page 7
Hereford Times - 14th January 2016 - Page 7
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l herefordtlmescom Thursday, January 14, 2016 THE HEREFORD TIMES 7 Soldier refused to Pay taxi fare and made racist remark A SERVING soldier re- fused to pay a taxi driver and made a racially aggra- vated comment, a court heard this week. Hereford Magistrates were told that Asif Nazir picked up Christopher Mc- Mahon from Commercial Road in the city centre and was asked to drive to Bull- ingham Lane. However, on arriving at their destination, McMa- hon, 34, said he had no money while another pas- senger ran away The court heard that Mc- Mahon then made a rac~ ist comment but the taxi driver was unsure whether it was aimed at him or the By Rebecca Gain 01432845883 rcaKL/‘hereiordtimescom Twitter waTNewsroom person who fled. Mr Nazir drove McMahon to a petrol station in Hin- ton so he could get cash, but he refused to get out. He then took McMahon to Asda but he refused to pay and got out and walked into the supermarket. When Mr Nazir didn’t drive away McMahon got back in and asked him to take him to Bullingham Lane. However, when Mr Nazir said he had an out- standing fare, McMahon threatened to break his jaw. The police were called and McMahon said he thought the taxi fare was extortion- ate and initially denied that he would use racist words until he listened to CCTV from the taxi. Matthew Dunford, miti- gating, said McMahon was a staff sergeant, who was held in high regard by the army He said he had an un- blemished career and had served around the world — and had received a Queen’s commendation for bravery. Mr Dunford said McMa- hon was drunk at the time of the offences and was ashamed. He said the racist remark was aimed at the man who had run away. He said McMahon was due to be deployed abroad in March and he asked for this to be taken into ac- count by magistrates. He said McMahon, whose address given to the court was in New Maiden, Sur- rey, is based in the South East, but had been sta- tioned in Hereford. Magistrates gave him a conditional discharge of 18 months, ordered him to pay £130 compensation to the taxi driver and £135 costs and £15 Victim surcharge. Harpist set for lead role at Festival Hall A TEENAGER will be leading the way with the National Youth Or- chestra (NYO) when some of the country’s top young musicians hit the road. ' Hannah Allaway has already performed in the Royal Albert Hall, but added another string to her bow when she was chosen ahead of her peers to head up the harp section. But those unable to attend one of the concerts could catch the teen- ager playing in the streets of Her- efordshire for free, as she plans to busk to help towards the cost of being in the NYC. The head girl at Lady Hawkins School has been playing the harp for 10 years and been with the NYO for the past two years. She was a harpist with the National Children's Orchestras for the pre- Hannah Allaway is making her mark with vious five years. ed to be playing once again with Britain’s premier teenage orches- tra and, as an added bonus. has been awarded a prestigious Lever- hulme Arts Scholarship towards her NYO seat this year. Her music has taken her to many top class performance venues throughout Britain. and on a con- cert tour to Germany. This year she expects to spend about 50 days with the NYO in three residential orchestral train- ing courses in London. Notting- ham and Birmingham during school holidays. The orchestra’s bookings later this year include the Royal Festi- val Hall on London’s Southbank. Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall and the Symphony Hall. Birming- ham. while the NYO is also sched- uled to record a CD over the sum— llo you suffer with moisture or condensation inside your double glazed windows? 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