"Nassim Mimun, 40, drove the deputy prime minister and his wife, Nicola Green, more than 600km (370 miles) from Forli, near Bologna in northern Italy, to the ski resort of Flaine in the French Alps on 11 April. But at the end of the journey the tone escalated over the cost of the fare, the Bonneville prosecutor Boris Duffau said in May. The driver, from the south-eastern city of Avignon, then left with his passengers' bags in the boot of his car."
"He dropped them off the next day at a municipal police station but that was considered theft due to the length of time he had them in his possession, Duffau said. The driver accused Lammy in media interviews of refusing to pay for the journey and complained of violence. He was acquitted over the alleged theft because of a lack of proof, Duffau said on Monday."
"The driver had claimed to French media that Lammy became aggressive when asked to pay 700 (590) of the 1,550 bill, the remainder of which was to be paid by the booking service. The fee was paid upfront to the transfer service but Mimun insisted he was owed money on arrival and that he needed to be paid in cash, a source said at the time."
Nassim Mimun drove Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy and his wife more than 600km from Forlì, Italy, to the Flaine ski resort on 11 April. A dispute over the fare escalated at the end of the journey, and Mimun left with the couple's bags in his boot. He delivered the bags to a municipal police station the next day, an interval treated as theft because of the time he retained them. Both Mimun and Lammy filed complaints; only Lammy's was deemed substantial and Mimun was charged with theft of cash and belongings. Mimun was acquitted for lack of proof. The transfer fee had been paid upfront to a booking service while Mimun insisted on additional cash on arrival.
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