Sandy
01-24-2018, 01:57 PM
And police let it go.
A grooming probe against a taxi driver was dropped by police after he blamed his cousin - even though the relative may not even exist.
The messages were allegedly sent using the man’s home Wi-Fi, on his iPhone and were traced to his IP address.
But Cleveland Police said there was “insufficient evidence” to prosecute him after the man - whose identity was withheld - blamed it on a cousin.
It added: “(The driver’s) explanation that he had given away an iPhone 6 to his cousin, as he needed to contact a sick relative, was not believable.”
Cleveland Police was unable to find the cousin while the taxi driver was also unable to locate him.
The minutes added: “(The man) did not produce any evidence to prove that his cousin actually existed. “
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/taxi-driver-accused-grooming-girl-14169144
A grooming probe against a taxi driver was dropped by police after he blamed his cousin - even though the relative may not even exist.
The messages were allegedly sent using the man’s home Wi-Fi, on his iPhone and were traced to his IP address.
But Cleveland Police said there was “insufficient evidence” to prosecute him after the man - whose identity was withheld - blamed it on a cousin.
It added: “(The driver’s) explanation that he had given away an iPhone 6 to his cousin, as he needed to contact a sick relative, was not believable.”
Cleveland Police was unable to find the cousin while the taxi driver was also unable to locate him.
The minutes added: “(The man) did not produce any evidence to prove that his cousin actually existed. “
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/taxi-driver-accused-grooming-girl-14169144