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MAN WHO POSED AS BURY PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER GIVEN SUSPENDED SENTENCED


A man who falsely posed as a private hire driver in Bury has been handed a suspended sentence. Faisal Hussain, 31, from Bolton, forged a PH driver’s licence to continue operating after his genuine licence had expired. The deception was uncovered by Bury


Council licensing officers when a vehicle he was driving failed a routine inspection at a test centre. Hussain pleaded guilty to offences under the Fraud Act and LGMPA 1976 at Stockport Magistrates’ Court on 11 September. At his sentencing hearing in November,


Manchester and Salford Magist- rates’ Court sentenced him to 16 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 12 months. He was also ordered to complete 15 rehabilitation activity days, 100 hours of unpaid work, and pay £454 in costs and surcharges.


LIVERPOOL CABBIE JAILED FOR 58 MONTHS AFTER ADMITTING DEALING CLASS A DRUGS


A taxi driver who ran a “one stop shop” drug dealing operation has been locked up for a second time this year and been jailed for four years and ten months. Edward Marshman, 49, from Walton, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on 4 December, after admitting possession of class A and B drugs with intent to supply. The court heard that Marshman was caught behind the wheel on July 14 2023 while disqualified from driving. After his vehicle was seized, he went to collect items left inside. But Kevin Liston, prosecuting, described how the police located a stash of drugs hidden within the centre console before Marshman was able to retrieve his possession. This included around 11g of high purity cocaine, an ounce of ecstasy, 13.9g of ketamine, four tablets of the hallucinogenic class A drug 2CB, a bottle containing 50ml of class B substance GBL and 9.5g of cutting agent benzocaine. The haul was said to have been worth more


than £4,000.


Marshman was then pulled over by officers on 19 August 2023, and arrested following a struggle. He


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was found in possession of 3.4g of cocaine and 15g of ketamine - valued at £980. When his phone was analysed, it contained a string of flare messages advertising his illicit wares.


Marshman has 18 previous con- victions for 46 offences, including a 58-week imprisonment for fraud imposed by the same court in April this year where he had used his position as a taxi driver to exploit a vulnerable customer.


Judge Ian Harris condemned Marshman’s


actions, describing


drug dealing as an “evil trade” that ruins lives. He noted that Marshman had shown a disregard for the law and decency, and sentenced him accordingly. Judge Harris said. “Your actions have caused significant distress and financial loss. “You say you were using cocaine to sustain an unhealthy working pattern while working as a taxi driver. You say you were pressured to take risks on behalf of criminals. “You have shown a disregard for the law and standards of decency.”


PH DRIVER SPOTTED INHALING NITROUS OXIDE BY POLICE IN LIVERPOOL


A private hire driver was allegedly spotted “inhaling nitrous oxide” when they were


stopped by


Merseyside Police officers. The force said the driver of a black Kia Niro had been stopped for speeding when police saw the driver inhaling nitrous oxide. In a post on X, The Roads Policing Unit said: “This PHV was stopped


for excess speed. When stopped, the driver was seen to be inhaling nitrous oxide. The driver provided a positive test for cannabis and cocaine and was arrested.” When asked whether the council would be made aware, the account replied: “Their licence was suspended and a report to Sefton Council has been made.”


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