Gordon Leadbetter outside Edinburgh Sheriff Court A TAXI driver put the lives of his passengers at risk after continuing to work in Musselburgh, despite being diagnosed with coronavirus. Gordon Leadbetter, 59, picked up “vulnerable” members of the public after he had tested positive for Covid-19 and had been ordered to stay at home and self-isolate. Leadbetter exposed his unaware passengers to the “risk of a heightened communication of transmission” of the SARS-CoV-2 disease while they were in his cab over the festive period last year. The taxi driver appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court today (Tuesday), where he pleaded guilty to culpably and recklessly carrying on his business as a taxi driver to the danger of his passengers lives and health between December 17 and 26 last year.