A taxi driver was banned from working after a court heard he upset a passenger and parked in an ambulance bay.
Zaheer Iqbal, 44, already had three speeding tickets, failed to show his driver's badge and did not get a vehicle repaired within a deadline set by Nottingham City Council.
City magistrates heard he collected a lone woman from outside a Wollaton restaurant. But he left her feeling so nervous she phoned her husband, who alerted police officers.
The force took no action but council solicitor Richard Bines told the court: "She felt very uneasy regarding the circumstances."
Mr Iqbal told the court he was waiting for a man shortly before 12midnight on December 7 last year and refused to take the woman home to Beeston Fields Drive.
"She said 'this is my taxi.' I would not let her in. I waited for minutes, she waited for minutes," Mr Iqbal told the court.
After getting into the taxi for the £10.20 journey, she gave him £11 and said "thank you very much," said Mr Iqbal, formerly of Regent Street, Nottingham.
He told the court he took a disabled woman to the QMC and only parked in the ambulance bay because his car broke down. A gearbox failure made it impossible to move.
He produced papers to back up his case but Mr Bines said: "This is a tissue of lies. You have produced these documents late and we have no opportunity to verify them. These are false."
Mr Iqbal answered: "My car broke down, yes."
The court heard he had already served a two-week ban imposed by the council and had also received a final warning.
The licence was revoked by taxi licensing manager John Davis on the basis he was "not a fit and proper person" to hold one. That decision was upheld by magistrates, who ordered Mr Iqbal to pay £2,100 costs.
Presiding JP Geoff Evans told him: "You have got numerous cautions for speeding. That is public safety, isn't it?" Mr Iqbal replied: "Yes."
Outside court, Mr Iqbal said: "I am very disappointed with the decision. I have been driving for 14 years. I have not got a job."
When told his name would be included in the report, he added: "Just forget it."
