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THREE YEARS JAIL FOR HEMEL HEMPSTEAD PH OPERATOR WHO CAUSED DEATH OF GIRL BY DANGEROUS DRIVING
A private hire operator who pleaded guilty at St Albans Crown Court to causing the death of a nine year old girl by dangerous driving has been jailed for three years. The court heard that on Wednesday October 11, 2017, Ased Ashfaq, 39, owner of Skyline Minibuses, Berkham- sted, was driving a VW Transporter on the High Street in Northchurch when he struck nine year old Kasey-Lee Burch as she was crossing the road. Kasey-Lee suffered a traumatic head
injury from which she sadly died on October 22 2017, less than two weeks after the collision. The police investigation found that Ashfaq had been entering a post code into a navigation app on his mobile phone at the time of the col- lision, which resulted in him failing to react in time to Kasey-Lee crossing the road. As well as his custodial sentence, Ash- faq was also disqualified from driving for five and a half years, after which
time he will be required to take an extended retest. PC David Burstow, Bedfordshire, Cam- bridgeshire and Hertfordshire Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “This is an utterly tragic collision which highlights the absolute requirement of every driver to concentrate fully whilst driving. “The devastating loss of Kasey-Lee will have a lasting effect on her family and friends and our thoughts remain with them.”
JAIL FOR GLASGOW CABBIE WHO HAD COCAINE WORTH £300K STASHED IN HIS MOTOR
A private hire driver who was caught with almost £300,000 of high purity cocaine hidden in his car has been jailed for three years. GlasgowLive reports that Gordon Mitchell , 36, was caught near to Gor- bals leisure centre after police spotted him doing a number of three-point turns in his Volkswagen Passat and stopped him. On Monday 11 January, the High Court in Glasgow heard that he was courier- ing the drug in order to pay off part of a gambling debt. Prosecutor Lindsey Dalziel said the car was searched on December 2 last year and initially only two mobile phones were found - one which appeared encrypted. Miss Dalziel added: "A trained dog handler was contacted. The dog then gave a strong indication at the centre console of the car." The compartment was yanked open and a plastic bag was found stashed inside. It contained a taped package of 996g of cocaine with a purity of 73 per cent.
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Officers went onto search Mitchell's home in the city's Shettleston area and found £1,020 in cash as well as three more mobile phones. The court was told the cocaine had a potential value of £290,906. It emerged Mitchell - who pleaded guilty to being concerned in the sup- ply of cocaine -
previous convictions including for theft, assault and carrying weapons.
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Defence counsel Allan McLeod said: “He ran up gambling debts and was offered an opportunity to clear a sub- stantial part of the debt. He knew the package contained drugs but not how much or what drug. He realises he made a catastrophic mistake.” Judge Lord Weir told Mitchell: “I accept you had significant gambling debts. Your gambling addiction brought you here today.”
PHV LOSES CONTROL OF VEHICLE ON M61 DUE TO BALD TYRES
The driver of this private hire vehicle lost control at the start of the M61 Motorway at Swinton, Gtr Manchester Three tyres were below the 1.6mm legal limit, (see this month’s Know Your Rights for details) so he was reported for summons by #ME28 from @NWmwaypolice The driver will also be reported to Taxi Licencing.
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