FIT AND PROPER


READING PH DRIVER TO PAY £700 FOLLOWING OFFENCES COMMITTED AT HENLEY REGATTA


A private hire driver has been ordered to pay more than £700 after accepting passengers with- out a booking at Henley Regatta. Shabuddin Parvas, 54, from Read- ing, pleaded guilty at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on 15 November to unlawfully plying for hire and


failing to wear his driver’s badge. On 5 July, licensing officers from South Oxfordshire DC carried out checks during the Regatta. Mr Parvas was observed waiting in a prominent location and when an undercover officer approached, Mr Parvas agreed to transport six


passengers to Reading train station without a pre-booking. Taking mitigating factors and an early guilty


plea into account,


Magistrates fined Mr Parvas £145, and ordered him to pay a victim surcharge of £58 as well as £500 in costs.


CASTLE POINT PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER HAS LICENCE REVOKED FOR MAKING WOMAN FEEL THREATENED


A PH driver who made a woman feel “extremely uncomfortable and threatened”, has had his licence revoked. Castle Point Council revoked the driver’s licence after receiving a complaint during which “the driver’s behaviour and questioning left the lone female feeling fearful.” The incident occurred on 23 August when the woman asked for


directions. The driver then asked her a series of questions, including her address and phone number. She felt uncomfortable and quickly left the scene. During a council hearing on 24 September, the driver claimed he was trying to identify a missing passenger as the job listed didn’t show a name and he didn’t know if his passenger was male or female .


The driver accepted his question- ing could have made the woman fearful and in a separate interview admitted he was looking for a male customer. “The panel found on the balance of probability the driver’s attention could have put the complainant in a position of fear for her personal safety and it was likely the events happened as she described.”


STOCKTON CABBIE LOSES LICENCE OVER INTIMIDATING BEHAVIOUR AND RULE-BREAKING


A Stockton driver has been stripped of his taxi/PHlicence following a series of incidents, including a hit-and-run, intimidat- ion, littering and driving at police. The driver initially denied involve- ment in a hit-and-run incident on 2 April, claiming to be asleep at home at the time. However, he later changed his story, admitting to being the driver but denying the collision despite CCTV evidence to the contrary.


In another incident, the driver was accused of littering and intimi- dating a member of the public. He


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admitted to littering but denied any aggressive behaviour. The com- plainant, however,


testified that


the driver followed her home and took a photo of her house, leaving her feeling intimidated. The final complaint concerned CCTV “showing a PHV involved in drug dealing”. According to Cleve- land Police, the car was “driven towards the police car at speed and onto a footpath to get away”. The driver’s car was identified and his PH licence suspended the next day. He confirmed he was the sole driver of the vehicle, but told police


his son - who was learning to drive - was behind the wheel. A licensing committee concluded the driver’s


explanations were


“dubious” and “insincere.” The panel expressed concern about his attitude, rule-breaking and his ability to ensure passenger safety. The committee heard of a long list of disciplinary issues in a DBS check between 2007 - 2014. It decided he was not a fit and proper person and revoked his licence, citing his “intimidating and distressing behaviour” towards the witness plus his bad record.


DECEMBER 2024 PHTM


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