FIT AND PROPER
JAIL FOR NEWCASTLE TAXI DRIVER WHO GOT WIFE AND FRIEND TO TAKE HIS SPEEDING POINTS
A taxi driver has been jailed after he persuaded his wife and friend to take his speeding points. Keith Brown, 64, was caught speed- ing twice within five months in 2018 and was sent letters from the police ask- ing him who was driving the vehicle at the time of the offences. However, Brown did not own up to being the driver and instead asked his friend, Philip Carver, to take the blame offering him a "few pints" for his trouble on the first occa- sion. He then
tence, suspended for 12 months, and were ordered to abide by a two- month curfew from 8.30pm until 7am, after they admitted one count each of the same charge. Judge Penny More- land said: “Your
Keith Brown
persuaded his wife, Linda, to do the same for the second offence. But once the police investigated the situ- ation, his de- ceptions came to light. At Newcastle Crown court the
cabbie from New- castle was jailed for 18 weeks after plead- ing guilty to two counts of perverting the course of justice. His wife, 62, and Carver, 56, were each given a 14- week prison sen-
motivation, Keith Brown, appears to have been to avoid prosecution and to maintain
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licence and employ- ment as a taxi driver. "Yours, Philip Carver, was for a few pints and yours, Linda Brown, was to keep
your family income coming into the home.” Judge Moreland said she would impose the lowest sentences she could, given the current situation in prisons with the Covid-19 pandemic.
PHV DRIVER GETS SIX MONTH BAN FOR TOUTING AT LUTON AIRPORT
A PH driver who ille- gally touted for business at Luton Airport has been banned from driving for six months. Yasir Masood, 40, from Luton, pleaded guilty at Luton Mag- istrates’ Court to touting for hire by a private hire vehicle. He was disqualified
from driving for six months and fined £150. PC Tom Hamilton, from the community policing team at the airport, said: “We are aware that illegal touts have been causing a number of issues at the airport, and it will not be tol- erated. This kind of
behaviour is also unfair on legitimate taxi and PHV drivers, who have gone through the proper processes of getting a licence. “This six-month ban and fine should show that this behaviour will be taken seriously by the courts.”
BLACKPOOL TAXI LICENCES REFUSED OVER CRIME LINKS
Councillors have refused to grant a taxi licence after hearing the appli- cant had previously been linked to organised crime. According to the Blackpool Gazette, minutes from a meeting of the coun- cil’s public pro- tection sub-commit- tee say the would-be cabbie had been convicted under the Proceeds of Crime Act follow- ing a police oper- ation “to combat organised crime notably the supply of drugs and money
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laundering.” The applicant told councillors via video link he had been helping out a friend, and he “had not been involved in the supply of drugs or organised crime.” But councillors re- fused the licence due to their con- cerns about any con- nection with such serious offences. Town hall policy bans people from holding a taxi licence within three years of convictions linked to drugs or fraud. In a separate case, councillors also
refused a taxi licence to an appli- cant who had a conviction for vio- lence dating back to March 2019. However a landau driver was granted a licence to operate in the town despite having a criminal past. The committee decided the re- morse shown and the time which had passed since the last offence, meant the licence could be granted alongside a letter warning it would be revoked should further of- fences occur.
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