Evorich

last week i got in a taxi while out on the town at about 12.30am i decided id had enough and wanted to go home, after i flagged a taxi down and on the way home the taxi driver says to me "early night" and i replied yeah a feel sick not im going to be sick but i feel sick, and there and then he put his left indicator on and said abruptly "get out" and i said "eh why what for" and he replied get out if you going to be sick, and i said "im not thats why im going home" and he replied "i dont care you owe me 3.60 now get out", so i gave him 10 pounds and argued with him to take me home which was only another mile up the road, he gave me his change and i got out the car then he drove away as i was only half out the car and drove over my right foot just the edge of me boot. so i walked home and 500 yards from my home i got arrested by two female police officers and took to the station where they put me in a cell till the morning saying i needed to sober up and will talk to me in the morning.
they then question me reading out the taxi drivers statement which he says all of the above and that i pulled his jacket and broke the zip and then punched the back of the passenger side headrest, which i knew i didnt do.

i told them my side of the story and denied the pulling of the jacket and hiting the headrest

so they decided to release me on bail till the 25th january as my story didnt match his story.
now im worried that i might get a criminal record and i have a holiday to new york then vegas in march and they might not let me in to the country.

does anyone have any experience or information that might be able to help me thanks for reading and replying richy.

Lambchop

iTrader: (1)

That fucking sucks mate. Would i fuck have paid the £3.60!!

Roscco

Hate to be the one to say this, but this will more than likely go in the favour of the Taxi guy (should it come to trial).

End of the day, you were gassed, he was tryin to earn an honest livin', yada yada yada..........

As far as the USA bit goes, i'm not 100% sure, but i think it'll depend on what the charge is. They don't like drugs, violence etc..........

Evorich

the holiday has to be paid by the 10th of january 500 pound left to pay and my girlfriend has to pay the same so its cost 2500 for two of us then knowing my luck ill reach america and then theyll say go back to the uk and leave her there.

wirralphil

Need pics of your bird before i can make comment if it's a good thing to leave her their.

PT

Mate of mine went to New York last year and he has been done for beating up a taxi driver

Evorich

thats useful info cheers, would you know if he filled in the visa waiver form and what he put? thanks

PT

No idea mate, but I will ask him and get back to you, although knowing him I would guess that he lied and said no criminal record

Benni

What a grade A twat! Funny how he would call the police when you got out? I mean, it's not like you highly pissed him off and if you did, he needs to get a grip of himself.

Benni.

Evorich

much appreciated if you can plz bud thanks

Rsmat

iTrader: (2)

i got done for arson and firearms and was banned from america and australia for 10yrs ..

wirralphil

Would you be banned for working over their aswell after the 10 years is up?

Roosie

iTrader: (8)

I have got a fairly large criminal record and i went to vegas 2 months ago! i didnt tell them if you do a online visa it checks it straight away and gives you a yes or no so you would know before hand anyway.

mk3_escort

I had to get a visa to go to America 3 years ago because of a driving conviction, spent about 4 hours in the consulate place and had a parking ticket when I got out

brad

I have gbh , abh , offensive weapon, plus a few others but didnt even give it a second thought when i went to the states a couple of years back.
i think it has to be a fairly severe charge before they stop you getting in .

timrud

Depending on the year, if you got done for firearms then surely you got 5 years in jail, thus meaning you can't go there ever??

Unless it was a pansy air weapon, which isn't really a firearm at all....

brad

Dont forget firearms also include items like cs gas , pepper spray and home made devices . I wasnt aware that it was an instant 5 years for f/a offenses tho .

timrud

Firearms presents a broad spectrum of offences.

If your found in possesion of a hand gun, sawn of shot gun, or any proper gun you should not have, since 2004 its 5 years minimum (unless very exceptional circumstances!)

If your found in possesion of CS Spray, Tasar, Air gun, they are termed as firearms but do not attract the 5 year sentence. So you can look big and hard to your mates saying you have a firearms conviction, but that is only because of the criminal act they fall under!

Now I am sure if you have been in jail for 4 years + its much harder to get a visa? Might be wrong though.

timrud

Also if you have upped the poundage on your air weapon, then it can become a schedule 1 weapon.