A taxi driver who made comments about women’s nipples and exposed his bottom during a medical exam has maintained he is ‘happy to stay a dinosaur’.

William Ward had his cab licence suspended after a string of complaints from health staff at People Asset Management in Speirs Wharf, Glasgow.

He gave a detailed account of the circumstances surrounding his medical but later claimed he had no recollection of what happened.

Mr Ward was slammed by licensing chiefs over his behaviour after it emerged a chaperone had to be brought into the room during an appointment.

And councillor Graham Campbell said: “I’m not far away from going Judge Rinder on you. There’s nothing wrong with your memory.

“It’s quite clear your appointment lasted double the length of most normal appointments.

“The way you made sexual references to staff is quite unacceptable. Do you think it would be acceptable to have someone on the road who behaves like that?

“You allowed parts of your clothing to slip down your body so that parts of your body would show.

“The cracks of your posterior were on display unnecessarily.”

Licensing committee chair Alex Wilson added: “Some of your comments are quite inappropriate. A lot of your comments are borderline to say the least.

“You make comments about women getting into your taxi, saying that the only flesh not being on show being their nipples.”

Mr Ward said that during his appointment he lost his taxi badge. He claimed that when he went back to retrieve it the next day staff were unhelpful.

The taxi driver told the committee that he made an over-the-phone complaint but was asked to write in.

But, telling of how he doesn’t have an email address or mobile phone, Mr Ward said: “I’m a dinosaur and I’m happy to stay a dinosaur.”

During the medical exam, Mr Ward was told he would have to wear glasses when driving.

But he denied all knowledge of the complaints made against him, blaming his dyslexia for the apparent memory loss.

He said: “I have no memory of saying about someone’s nipples. I have no memory of what happened that day.

“With dyslexic people, their number one major flaw is short-term memory. I’m in a dyslexic mood just now.

“I’ve got a doctor’s report and glasses, what more do you want?”

Graham Campbell said it was “highly unusual” for a member of staff at People Asset Management to call in a chaperone during a medical exam. He said the common factor was Mr Ward’s behaviour.

But the cabbie said: “In over 40 years of wearing jogging bottoms no-one has said ‘Mr Ward your bum’s showing’.

“I understand that my bottom is a bit bigger now that I’m older but that’s why I wear a long jacket.”

He had his licence suspended until it’s renewal date of September 30 this year.