Two cousins filmed using shocking racist slurs and lashing out during a row with a taxi driver have claimed they were right to be 'irate'.
Lucy Shann and Abbie White said they were locked inside the cab when they admitted they didn't have enough money on them.
Enraged Shann, 29, admitted calling driver Ako Swara a "p***" in the incident, which was captured on camera.
She admitted being "wild", but claimed she was "drunk and petrified".
White, 18, can be seen kicking out at the door several times during the journey across Hull, which took place at around 4am on February 17.
She said she is not sorry for her actions, which caused £300 worth of damage to Mr Swara’s car, Hull Live reports .
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Speaking after her appearance at Hull Magistrates Court, she said: “I don’t want to apologise because it was not my fault.
“We got in the taxi and we had £6 on us. We didn’t have enough money so when we got to my auntie’s address on Rustenburg Street I offered to stay in the taxi while my cousin [Lucy] went to run in and get some money.
“But he locked the doors and Lucy didn’t even leave the taxi.
"We even offered to the taxi driver to knock on my auntie’s door because we were off by £1.50.
“He locked the doors and we were scared. It was two girls and a man who we didn’t know locking the doors and driving off.”
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White says she cannot remember using racist taunts during the journey but says it is probable that she did because she was so “irate”.
She is adamant that she did nothing wrong and only acted the way she did out of fear.
White said: “From my point of view I didn’t do anything wrong. He had no right to lock the doors on us and start driving off.
“I remember damaging the taxi and I don’t regret it. I was scared and I wanted to get out. Any normal person would do the same.”
Shann, who also received her first criminal conviction on Thursday at Hull Magistrates Court, has described a similar version of events to Abbie.
She remembers Mr Swara, 33, becoming concerned about the pair “doing a runner” and admitted she became frightened when he started driving back towards the city centre.
Shann said: “He drove off and turned the meter off. We did go wild and kick off a bit, which was a bit extreme but we were drunk and petrified.
“I just think ‘how would other people react?’ and I think they would react in the same way. I am 29 and I’ve never been that scared in my life.”
Shann says her head banged into the glass screen of the taxi when Mr Swara slammed on the brakes during the journey to the police station.
She admits acting in a racist manner during the incident and wants to apologise to Mr Swara for the language used.
“I’m not racist in the slightest and that is the first time I’ve used that language,” Shann said. “But we were drunk and scared and he was laughing at us. It felt like he was egging us on to kick off.
“I would like to apologise for the way things have gone and for calling him racist names. I want to apologise too for the damage caused but I also want him to understand the situation he put us in because we were scared.
“It was uncalled for but both parties were in the wrong. His reaction was wrong too.”
Shann and White will learn their punishments on April 26 when they reappear before Hull Magistrates Court to be sentenced.
