FIT AND PROPER
WOULD-BE LICHFIELD TAXI DRIVER REFUSED LICENCE OVER SEX ATTACK CHARGES
A would-be taxi driver who applied for a licence was refused after a council discovered he was facing sex assault charges. Lichfield DC said the DBS revealed he has been accused of two sexual assaults and was waiting to appear at court.
A committee meeting on 18 Dec- ember concluded the man was ‘not a fit and proper person’ for the purposes of the licence application. Members found, while the man had yet to be convicted, they could not grant the licence because of
the case against him. Senior councillor Alex Farrell, said: “Although the applicant is waiting to ago to crown court and could be innocent, both police and CPS have determined there is sufficient evidence to prosecute him.”
THREE MILTON KEYNES PRIVATE HIRE DRIVERS PROSECUTED FOR SERIOUS OFFENCES
Private hire drivers working in Milton Keynes have been taken to court and fined for serious offences. On 24
January, Mohammed
Badrul Alam, from Luton, pleaded guilty at the city’s magistrates court to illegally plying for hire and having no insurance. He was fined £200; endorsed with six DVLA penalty points on his licence and
ordered to pay £80 victim surcharge and £100 costs. His licence will now be reviewed by West Northants Council. On 22 January, Milton Keynes City Council (MKCC) revealed another PH driver, Mohammed Ibrahim Ali, from Bletchley, who had been prosecuted for identical charges. He was fined £200, given eight
points and ordered to pay £200 costs.
On 8 January, PH driver Ahmed Mahmed, from Shenley Lodge, pleaded guilty to refusing to take an assistance dog in his vehicle last January. He was was fined £135 and must pay £492 costs and a £54 victim surcharge. MKCC will now review his licence.
ROGUE FORMER BLABY TAXI DRIVER FINED AND GIVEN POINTS FOR USING UNLICENSED VEHICLE
A taxi driver who was caught illegally driving passengers to Birmingham Airport has been fined after admitting using an unlicensed and uninsured vehicle. Chris Taylor from Stoney Stanton, appeared before the bench at Leicester Magistrates’ Court on 17 January 2024 and pleaded guilty to operating, driving and using the unlicensed and uninsured vehicle. Magistrates imposed a £276 fine with eight penalty points on his driving licence insurance
for the no- offence, a victim surcharge of £110 and awarded 46
£750 in costs to the Blaby District Council, totalling £1,136. The prosecution came following an investigation into Taylor by the council’s licensing team after it received an anonymous complaint in March 2023 alleging Taylor, who was an existing taxi driver, was not using his licensed vehicle to work. Under the business name Airports 4 U, Taylor was using a vehicle without a taxi licence which meant his insurance was also invalid. The team found he had visited Birmingham Airport on 9 May 2023 in an unlicensed taxi. He had been
identified via the Airport’s ANPR cameras. The passengers were contacted and they confirmed the details of their booking. This satisfied the council that Taylor was operating and driving an unlicensed, uninsured vehicle, contrary to the law. As a licensed taxi driver with the council, Taylor’s
licence was
revoked in June 2023. The council was satisfied that Taylor was no longer a fit and proper person to hold a taxi driver licence and prosecution proceed- ings were commenced.
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