Stories like this make me very angry. While it's the rapist's fault for attacking her, the bus driver could have just let the woman go to a cash point like she asked to get the extra bus fare, or to save even more time, one of the passengers could have shown a bit of compassion and coughed up a measly 20p. 20p is nothing. The bus was already running late because the driver would have had to speak to the woman and deny her boarding, so why couldn't he have just let her on?
I understand that bus drivers get in trouble for not taking the correct fare, but 20p is such a small amount it shouldn't have been a problem. If it were me driving that bus I'd have just paid it for her, because walking alone at night can be dangerous, and look what happened.