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DISTRACTED GLASGOW DRIVER FINED AFTER CAUSING WOMAN LIFE CHANGING INJURIES
A Glasgow cabbie has been fined £450 after running over a woman who had collapsed on the road. John Paul Borland, 42, hit Patricia McBride, in Toryglen, Glasgow, on the night of March 6, 2022. The impact left Ms McBride with life-threatening injuries, including multiple fractures and internal bleeding. She was placed in a
medically induced coma for six days. Borland claimed he was distracted by a man waving at him and failed to see Ms McBride lying in the road. Borland was found guilty
at
Glasgow Sheriff Court of careless driving having initially stood trial for dangerous driving. He received his sentence on 9 December where in addition to the fine, he was disqualified from driving for six months. Borland, now former private hire driver, has two previous road traffic convictions.
NORWICH CABBIE BANNED AFTER LAPSE IN CONCENTRATION CAUSES SERIOUS MOPED CRASH
A 61-year-old Norwich cabbie has been banned from driving after seriously injuring a moped rider in a crash, effectively ending his 40- year career. Anthony Gridlestone pleaded guilty
Magistrates' Court to
at Norwich causing
serious injury by driving without due care and attention. The court heard that on 28 March, Gridlestone failed to stop at a mini-
roundabout on Drayton Road, colliding with a moped that was crossing. The impact threw the rider onto the bonnet of the taxi, resulting in fractures to his ankle and collarbone and requiring multiple surgeries. Prosecutor Sally Harris stated that the crash occurred due to Gridlestone’s “unsafe manoeuver.” Magistrates imposed a 12-month
driving ban, fines and costs totalling £1,251. David Foulkes mitigating acknow- ledged Gridlestone’s responsibility for the accident, attributing it to a “momentary lapse in concen- tration.” He said: “There is no suggestion that he was impaired in any way. He was breath tested at the scene. He stopped at the scene and to give assistance to the rider.”
CABBIE LOSES JOB AFTER DRUG DRIVING IN POWYS WHILE CARRYING TWO PASSENGERS
A taxi driver has lost his licence after he was caught under the influence of cocaine while driving with two passengers in Newtown. Sajjad Hussain, 44, told police he was unaware that traces of the Class A drug were still in his system after going on a night out a few days prior to being pulled over in his Toyota Prius on 22 May. The cabbie pleaded guilty to two counts of drug driving when he appeared at Welshpool Magis-
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trates’ Court on 26 November. A blood test at Aberystwyth Police Station found that he had more than 240 microgrammes of the Benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, and more than 12 micro- grammes of cocaine. The legal limit for both drugs are 50 mcgms and 10 mcgms respectively. Gurleen Kaur, who was acting on behalf of Hussain, said he was driving as a taxi driver at the time, but his driving was not impaired.
“He is remorseful and has entered early guilty pleas. I ask that the disqualification is put at the lower end of the range.” The court heard that Hussain had a caution for possessing a Class A drug 10 years ago. Magistrates disqualifed Hussain, from Dudley, for 17 months, and reduced the fine to £200 after taking into consideration his job loss. He must also pay £85 court costs and an £80 victim surcharge.
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