>Claire Brocklebank, prosecuting, said Wade and Thorpe, along with ringleader Ryan Gardener, and another woman got in a taxi in Merlin Close, Leyland, at around 11pm on December 18, 2020.
>Due to the long journey to near Preston, the taxi driver asked for the fare upfront and Gardener attempted to pay. When his card was declined, the driver said they must either pay another way or get out of the taxi.
>Gardener grabbed the taxi driver from the back seat and shouted ‘rob him, rob him’. Thorpe helped in restraining the driver, with Wade stealing just over £20 in change.
>Other items were stolen from the driver and the girls fled, Gardener got out of the car, reached back through the window and punched the driver.
>Gardener and Thorpe ran off but returned along with Wade and held up the driver’s car keys saying he would have to pay £40 or £50 to get them back.
>The group fled when residents started coming out of their houses to see what was going on.
>During the incident, the driver had managed to press a button which alerted his company to what was happening, allowing them to call the police
>Thorpe denied his involvement until January this year when he pleaded guilty, admitting his involvement in the robbery. Wade continues to deny her involvement in the robbery despite being found guilty by a jury following a trial earlier this year.
> In a victim impact statement, the taxi driver said he has lost income as he no longer works nights which are busier and he struggled to sleep for some time after the incident. He said during his time as a cabbie, nothing like this had ever happened to him.
>Ellie Wade, 25, and Jordan Thorpe, 20, were spared jail at Burnley Crown Court on Friday (March 24) for their involvement in the robbery.
its only fair. it was just violent assault and robbery. not something serious like protesting against the government.
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>A taxi driver ‘no longer works nights’ after being robbed and threatened by three passengers.
>Ellie Wade, 25, and Jordan Thorpe, 20, were spared jail at [Burnley](https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/burnley/) Crown Court on Friday (March 24) for their involvement in the robbery.
>Claire Brocklebank, prosecuting, said Wade and Thorpe, along with ringleader Ryan Gardener, and another woman got in a taxi in Merlin Close, Leyland, at around 11pm on December 18, 2020.
>Due to the long journey to near Preston, the taxi driver asked for the fare upfront and Gardener attempted to pay. When his card was declined, the driver said they must either pay another way or get out of the taxi.
>Gardener grabbed the taxi driver from the back seat and shouted ‘rob him, rob him’. Thorpe helped in restraining the driver, with Wade stealing just over £20 in change.
>Other items were stolen from the driver and the girls fled, Gardener got out of the car, reached back through the window and punched the driver.
>Gardener and Thorpe ran off but returned along with Wade and held up the driver’s car keys saying he would have to pay £40 or £50 to get them back.
>The group fled when residents started coming out of their houses to see what was going on.
>During the incident, the driver had managed to press a button which alerted his company to what was happening, allowing them to call the police
>Thorpe denied his involvement until January this year when he pleaded guilty, admitting his involvement in the robbery. Wade continues to deny her involvement in the robbery despite being found guilty by a jury following a trial earlier this year.
> In a victim impact statement, the taxi driver said he has lost income as he no longer works nights which are busier and he struggled to sleep for some time after the incident. He said during his time as a cabbie, nothing like this had ever happened to him.
>Ellie Wade, 25, and Jordan Thorpe, 20, were spared jail at Burnley Crown Court on Friday (March 24) for their involvement in the robbery.
its only fair. it was just violent assault and robbery. not something serious like protesting against the government.
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