The east Belfast man, whose address cannot be reported, claims the incident was a planned joke between friends.
The clip showed Stalford dressed in a fonaCAB uniform and pointing a suspected gun directly at his front seat passenger’s face, the court heard.The defendant then told him to “works his debt off” and stated: “You are lucky I’m not taking your f****** knees out”.The passenger and a second man in the back seat were both visibly shaken and apologetic, according to the prosecution.
Even though the pistol remains missing, forensic experts have now completed an examination of the video recording.Opposing bail, however, she claimed the replica gun had been brandished to threaten the victim into paying off a debt.The court also heard Stalford allegedly attempted to flee when police went to arrest him.In a prepared statement, Stalford claimed the taxi incident had been a consensual planned prank involving a toy gun.
“The reaction of many people was that this must be a joke or a set-up, something that was manufactured,” he said.“It doesn’t make an awful lot of sense to suggest that if he’s out there’s going to be some sort of lone-wolf ‘Equalizer’ type behaviour, turning up in a mac on a rainy night. It’s not real-world stuff,” Mr Devine insisted.
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