They then entered the taxi office and pushed the dispatcher who was hit in the face causing his glasses to fall to the floor. ''The taxi dispatcher explained the phone lines were down that evening but the two defendants said they did not care and wanted their phone back.
Prosecutor Miss Eleanor Gleeson said: ''Both had claimed they had been in a cab earlier that day and had been trying to ring the office. Young people such as yourselves with increasing National Insurance and the cost of living crisis will find this a challenging demand in any event.'' ''I recognise that people of your age and in the work environment in which you find yourselves are on low incomes with the increasing cost of living that everyone is facing. There were others involved and I have regard to your ages and means including the fact Summer Downie is on Universal Credit. The judge said: ''I'm not going to order that the £600 left be divided between you. It emerged the youngster, who claims £230 a month in Universal Credit handouts, had been on a wild night out with friends in the run up to the incident.Īt Manchester Crown Court, Downie, now 18 and another teenager Wiktor Ostrowski, also 18, faced compensation bills of £300 pounds each after a third youngster who played a lesser role in the attack paid a £200 contribution toward the cost of the damage.īut Judge Rachel Smith ordered the pair to pay £200 each - leaving the taxi operators £200 out of pocket.
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