article_snippet.sent: Kristopher Hicks, now 27, was on
article_snippet.sent: driver Mr Young way home from a night out in Bath, Somerset, with driver Mr Young girlfriend in a taxi driven by Michael Young, 56, five years ago.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Young, a former soldier, had mistakenly believed Mr Hicks was planning to 'do a runner' and decided to drive Mr Hicks back to the rank in a bid to teach Mr Hicks a lesson.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Hicks, who was 23 at the time of a terrible incident in which Kristopher suffered a very severe brain injury leaving him needing care for the rest of his life, had gotten into the taxi with his girlfriend Abigail Noad at Orange Grove taxi rank in Bath to his home in the Foxhill area, according to high court documents.
article_snippet.sent: The driver had decided to take Mr Hicks back to the rank to cause The driver as much inconvenience as possible.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Hicks, who found himself being unlawfully driven off by a stranger into the night, decided himself should try to escape.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Hicks had gotten into the taxi at the Orange Grove rank in Bath (pictured) in 2010 with Mr Hicks girlfriend . '
highlights_snippet.sent: Driver Michael Young, 56, thought passenger was planning to 'do a runner'
  So he decided to take passenger Kristopher Hicks him back to the taxi rank .
  