FIT AND PROPER
UNLICENSED KINGS LYNN PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER TO PAY OVER £2,000 FOLLOWING UNDERCOVER STING
An unlicensed PH driver operating in the Great Massingham area has been ordered to pay over £2,000 after an undercover investigation by West Norfolk Council. Kevin Turner was caught trans-
porting undercover council officers twice and admitted to operating as a PH driver without a licence, operating an unlicensed and uninsured vehicle. On 9 October, King’s
Lynn
Magistrates’ Court found Turner guilty in his absence of all charges. He was fined £1,100 and ordered to pay £990 in costs and surcharges. Turner also received eight penalty points on his driving licence.
HENLEY REGATTA PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER FINED £2,000 FOR ILLEGAL RIDES
A PH driver must pay over £2,000 in a fine and costs after being caught illegally plying for hire at the Henley Royal Regatta. His driving licence was also endorsed with six penalty points. Muhammad Naeem, from High
Wycombe, was convicted in his absence at Oxfordshire Magis- trates’ Court on 13 December. The court heard on 5 July, South Oxon DC licensing officers saw a Toyota Auris in a prime location displaying a Bucks Council plate.
In a test purchase they offered to pay £60 to go to Reading without a booking which Naeem accepted. Naeem was not licensed by SODC, furthermore, the inflated fare indicated a clear intention for personal gain.
MIDDLESBROUGH COUNCIL REJECTS TAXI LICENCE APPLICATION OVER IMMIGRATION CONVICTION A man has been denied a taxi
licence by Middlesbrough Council due to a previous conviction. The man was convicted in 2013 of “conspiring/assisting unlawful immigration into an EU member state” and sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment.
According to the minutes of a recent licensing committee meeting: “The applicant appeared before committee as a result of a previous criminal conviction recorded on his DBS certificate”. He allowed his brother to pay rent to live in his flat and “to work in the
court,
applicant’s business, despite being in the country illegally”. The applicant admitted lying to immigration officers and when the matter went to
the
committee deemed his actions a serious act of dishonesty, making him unfit to hold a taxi licence.
REDCAR AND CLEVELAND PH DRIVER LOSES LICENCE OVER LINK TO SUPPLY OF ILLEGAL BACCY
A PH driver has been stripped of his licence after being linked to illegal tobacco sales. Redcar and Cleveland Council said it received information from trading stan- dards about the driver being involved in the sale/supply of illicit tobacco and vaping products.
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A spokeswoman said that the person concerned had been licensed to drive PHVs in the borough for four months before his licence was revoked. She added: “We do not have any evidence to suggest that any sale took place while the person was a
licensed driver.” It’s unclear whether the driver received a criminal conviction for the illegal sales, but licensed drivers must within seven days disclose to the council in writing details of any conviction or caution imposed on them by a court.
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