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Author	twoxraydelta
Comment	You posted specific news worthy incidents from England and thought you done something. The English law that applies to your unrelated links: [Bilking is the term for making off without paying the fare. Anyone running away from a taxi with no intention of paying is guilty of an offence. (Fraud Act 2006 s11). Any person can arrest someone for bilking, however cab drivers are strongly advised to call the police, as wrongful arrest can lead to civil claims.](https://www.met.police.uk/cy-GB/foi-ai/metropolitan-police/d/april-2022/policy-guidance-material-mps-persons-refusing-pay-taxi-fare/) Acceptable forms of payment: [A shop owner (i.e a merchant for the purposes of the law) can choose what payment they accept. If you want to pay for a pack of gum with a £50 note, it’s perfectly legal to turn you down. Likewise for all other banknotes, it’s a matter of discretion. If your local corner shop decided to only accept payments in Pokémon cards that would be within their right too. But they’d probably lose customers.](https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/knowledgebank/what-is-legal-tender) Common law citizens arrest in Scotland - not advisable for either party to put themselves in that situation but can happen: [A private citizen has certain common law powers of arrest, but they must be exercised with care as wrongful arrest can result in a claim for damages. The crime must be a serious one and not merely a breach of the peace, and he must be certain that an offence has been committed by, for example, witnessing it or being the victim. Reasonable force may be used if the arrested person resists and he must be handed over to the police as soon as possible.](https://www.askthe.scottish.police.uk/view-category/?id=b159a670-06f6-eb11-94ef-002248405a51) [Fraud Fraud is a dishonestly-made false pretence, in order to bring about a practical result.](https://crime.scot/fraud/) Examples of an express false pretence are: telling someone that you will pay for the goods they are selling you upon delivery, knowing that you plan to run off with the goods without paying; a “dine and dash” in a restaurant (Or entering a taxi knowing fine well you have no intention of paying if the card machine doesn’t work.) Do you think if you go into a petrol station, fill your car up with fuel, go to pay and the card reader doesn’t work you get to just drive off with a full tank of fuel and thats the end of it. You’re a clown. Stop replying with utter shite. I’m done with your childish nonsense. You got the cunt ripped out of you by a taxi driver, you’re angry and now you’re venting on reddit. You’ll get over it. All of your posts are emotional and not logical so no point engaging any further. Good luck with future taxi journeys haha.
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Created	Wed 4th Jan 2023 2:37pm
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You posted specific news worthy incidents from England and thought you done something.

The English law that applies to your unrelated links: [Bilking is the term for making off without paying the fare. Anyone running away from a taxi with no intention of paying is guilty of an offence. (Fraud Act 2006 s11). Any person can arrest someone for bilking, however cab drivers are strongly advised to call the police, as wrongful arrest can lead to civil claims.](https://www.met.police.uk/cy-GB/foi-ai/metropolitan-police/d/april-2022/policy-guidance-material-mps-persons-refusing-pay-taxi-fare/)

Acceptable forms of payment: [A shop owner (i.e a merchant for the purposes of the law) can choose what payment they accept. If you want to pay for a pack of gum with a £50 note, it’s perfectly legal to turn you down. Likewise for all other banknotes, it’s a matter of discretion. If your local corner shop decided to only accept payments in Pokémon cards that would be within their right too. But they’d probably lose customers.](https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/knowledgebank/what-is-legal-tender)

Common law citizens arrest in Scotland - not advisable for either party to put themselves in that situation but can happen: [A private citizen has certain common law powers of arrest, but they must be exercised with care as wrongful arrest can result in a claim for damages. The crime must be a serious one and not merely a breach of the peace, and he must be certain that an offence has been committed by, for example, witnessing it or being the victim. Reasonable force may be used if the arrested person resists and he must be handed over to the police as soon as possible.](https://www.askthe.scottish.police.uk/view-category/?id=b159a670-06f6-eb11-94ef-002248405a51)

[Fraud Fraud is a dishonestly-made false pretence, in order to bring about a practical result.](https://crime.scot/fraud/)

Examples of an express false pretence are:

telling someone that you will pay for the goods they are selling you upon delivery, knowing that you plan to run off with the goods without paying;

a “dine and dash” in a restaurant

(Or entering a taxi knowing fine well you have no intention of paying if the card machine doesn’t work.)

Do you think if you go into a petrol station, fill your car up with fuel, go to pay and the card reader doesn’t work you get to just drive off with a full tank of fuel and thats the end of it.

You’re a clown. Stop replying with utter shite. I’m done with your childish nonsense. You got the cunt ripped out of you by a taxi driver, you’re angry and now you’re venting on reddit. You’ll get over it. All of your posts are emotional and not logical so no point engaging any further. Good luck with future taxi journeys haha.