Carmarthen taxi driver refused to take MS sufferer
A Carmarthen taxi driver has had his licence suspended for seven days for refusing to take a passenger who has MS because her journey was too short. Taxi driver David Keith Maynard denied refusing to take Barbara Stensland from Carmarthen Railway Station to the Ivy Bush Hotel on the town’s Spilman Street. But Mrs Stensland said that Mr Maynard laughed when she said where she wanted to go and said the journey was too short and he would lose his place on the taxi rank. It is an offence to refuse to take a fare. Mrs Stensland attended yesterday’s meeting of Carmarthenshire County Council’s licensing committee to give evidence after an earlier meeting was adjourned to give her the opportunity to speak. Mr Maynard gave evidence to the previous meeting but was unable to attend today. The committee heard that the incident happened at about 3.42pm on Friday August 5 this year. Mrs Stensland had travelled by train to Carmarthen and was exhausted as a result of the journey, hot weather and her c...
