Pedestrian cleared of assaulting driver after Uber encouraged prosecution

  Online minicab firm Uber encouraged one of its drivers to press charges after footage of a pedestrian punching and kicking him went viral, a court heard today (weds). Bruno Scarnera, 26, allegedly assaulted Shola Orejupe after he beeped his horn at him on Shaftesbury Avenue at the junction with Dean Street in Soho, central London. Scarnera was crossing the junction with his fiancée and went around to the driver’s side of the white Toyota and kicked Mr Orejupe twice,…