Wear a short skirt to get a cheap taxi: Council considers fare discount for 'scantily clad girls' to stop them being attacked by sexual predators, using lines of illegally plying for hire minicabs to find victims.
Brentwood Borough Council considering urging Taxi Drivers to drop fares for women in revealing clothes to prevent them becoming a target from sexual predators.
This is a problem, that has been created by councils and licensing authorities unwillingness to enforce the law on private hire. When it comes to clearing the streets of potential trouble makers and drunks, Police and enforcement teams are turning a blind eye.
But now they now are looking at getting cheap deals from licensed Hackney carriage Taxi drivers, after statistic for sexual assaults including rapes have shot through the roof.
Police in London say 90% of minicab related sexual attacks go unreported and the figure could be as high as 25 per week.
Councillor Hossack who blames TOWIE for women who 'can't possibly wear any less' was slammed for emphasising how women dress rather than their attackers
The Councillor came under fire yesterday when he accused reality TV show TOWIE of encouraging sex assaults on women.
Cllr Hossack said female stars of the show - who sometimes wear revealing clothes - were responsible for more young girls dressing provocatively.
And he said the ITV1 show encourages men to try to take advantage of such women on nights out.
He said: 'Has TOWIE made an impact? I think it has.
TAXI, TAXI, ANYONE WANT A TAXI?
Predator Ebrima Dampha, was caught on CCTV helping a drunken woman to a minicab – before raping her.