Transsexual asked bus driver if he was up 4 a bit of howz ur father

A transsexual has been caught touting for business on the buses in Edinburgh. 6ft 2in Caprice Brunel, 34, passes hand-scrawled notes offering her services for £50 to drivers. One read: "Mr Bus Driver, Caprice is my name. R u up 4 a bit of howz ur father?"

A stunned busman said: "I've picked up some strange passengers before but this one stood out." One driver told how she slipped him a scrawled note urging him to call her mobile number after his shift finished at 3pm.



It offered two options - full sex for £50 and another sex act for £30. The stunned driver said: "I was disgusted. She got on, put her pass on the machine and walked on a couple of steps. But then she turned and handed me the note. I've seen her before but nothing like this has happened. I'm guessing I'm not the only driver she's tried her luck with.

"It's fair to say I'll not be phoning." The incident happened on the No1 bus as the driver swapped vehicles on Edinburgh's London Road. Brunel, who was born Richard McCabe, in Perth, and had a sexswap operation in 2002, initially denied touting for business on the buses. But then she owned up and claimed: "I was in dire straits of poverty."