A Lanarkshire thug punched his girlfriend in a taxi then threatened the driver with a broken bottle after being told they’d have to walk home.
Hamilton Sheriff Court heard that Ryan McMillan made the frightened cabbie hand back the £8 fare. McMillan, 24, formerly of Small Crescent, Blantyre, admitted assaulting the woman and assaulting and robbing a male taxi driver.
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Alice Carey, prosecuting, said the couple and another male and female were travelling from East Kilbride in the early hours of the morning.
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