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A Barnsley woman who hurled racist abuse at a taxi driver and punched him as he drove her home from a night out has been given a 12 month community order and made to pay \u00a3180 in compensation by Sheffield Magistrates today.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joanne Thompson, 29, had been out drinking with friends in Barnsley on 7 February last year, when she called a taxi to pick her up from a nightclub.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thompson, of Bank End Avenue, Barnsley, asked taxi driver Imran Butt to stop at a kebab house, but he told her there were none open, leading her to become racially abusive and aggressive, the court heard.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Prosecutor Susan Fisher said Thompson called Mr Butt a \u201cf****ing p*** b*****d\u201d and punched him in the back of the head.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thompson then pulled off the taxi\u2019s rear view mirror and stole loose change belonging to Mr Butt, to the value of between \u00a310 and \u00a315, said Mrs Fisher.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Butt then phoned the police and Thompson was arrested.<\/span><\/p>\n

Phil Stables mitigating, said Thompson was ashamed of her actions and was visibly \u201ccringing” in court, but had been impaired by alcohol consumption, which she’d had issues with in the past.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe accepts she gave into temptation,” he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe has little to no recollection except waking up in the police cells.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He pointed out Thompson has not reoffended in the 15 months since the offence and suggested it wasn\u2019t how she usually conducted herself.<\/span><\/p>\n

Magistrates thanked Thompson for her \u201ccandid\u201d guilty plea, but warned the consequences of her actions could have been \u201cgrave\u201d for Mr Butt and other road users since she punched Mr Butt while he was driving.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They noted Mr Butt had a right to go about his working life without the threat of abuse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As well as the community order and compensation, Talbot was ordered to do 80 hours of unpaid work in the community and to attend 15 rehabilitation days for alcohol treatment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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