FIT AND PROPER
CAMBS CABBIE LOSES LICENCE AFTER INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR TO LONE FEMALE ON JOURNEY
A cabbie has lost his licence after behaving inappropriately towards a lone female passenger he was transporting from Cambridge to Ely. According to the Cambridge Independent, a complaint was made about Tariq Mehmood, 42, from Longstanton, by the woman following a late-night journey in October 2021. She said that as soon as the journey started, Mehmood made comments about how “gorgeous” she was, ques- tioned her relationship status and when she revealed she had a boyfriend, told her to leave him and that he would look after her. Several times he asked her to get into the front passenger seat next to him. The woman felt so vulnerable during the journey that when Mehmood insisted on getting her phone number, she gave it to him. He then called her and told her to save his number. The passenger recorded audio of some of the journey because of Mehmood’s behaviour and he could be heard saying that she had broken his heart when she would not get into the front seat. Interviewed by South Cambridgeshire District Council,
BASINGSTOKE PHV DRIVER’S LICENCE REVOKED AS PASSENGER INJURED
A private hire driver involved in an incident during which a 66-year-old man was taken to hospital with injuries to his face has had his licence revoked. According to the Basingstoke Gazette, police launched an investigation after a man was injured during an altercation outside the White Hart pub in London Road, Basingstoke on April 24. Following the incident, Alpha Cars suspended one of its drivers. The PHV was picking up a customer from outside the pub at around 12.30am when the incident happened. Concerns were raised that the suspended cabbie had begun working for another company following the incident. Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council’s interim execu- tive director of residents’ services, Tom Payne, has confirmed that the driver has now had his licence revoked. He added: “Our licensing team has been working with the police to investigate a complaint following an incident involving a licenced private hire driver. “As a result of evidence gathered, a decision was taken to revoke the licence with immediate effect on Tuesday 3 May. “Information has been placed on the relevant national database to alert other licensing authorities.”
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Mehmood denied all the allegations - including the comment he had been recorded saying. When it was played back, he claimed he could not remember saying it. He was referred by a licensing officer to the council’s licensing sub-committee, which revoked his licence imme- diately. The council’s taxi licensing appeals panel then refused his appeal at a hearing in December 2021. Mehmood then appealed to the Magistrates’ Court but on 19 May, it concluded that on the balance of probabilities he was not a fit and proper person for a licence, and dismissed his appeal, awarding the council £800 in costs.
DUMBARTON DRUG DEALER IS GIVEN TEMPORARY TAXI LICENCE
A Dumbarton man who told councillors he is still carrying out his punishment for a drug conviction last year has been handed a temporary licence to drive taxis in the area after a knife-edge vote. According to the Dumbarton Reporter, West Dunbarton- shire Council’s licensing committee heard that in September, Christopher McKinley had been convicted of two charges under the Misuse of Drugs Act for supplying cannabis and being in possession of cocaine. The committee heard that two months later, he was handed a community payback order and ordered to carry out 220 hours of unpaid work by November of this year. But despite hearing details from police of Mr McKinley’s conviction, the committee agreed to grant a six-week licence. The committee was split over whether to approve Mr McKinley’s application – with SNP Cllr Jim Finn, the com- mittee’s chair, using his casting vote to grant the request. A Police Scotland representative told the committee that on February 11, 2021, officers with a drugs warrant carried out a search of Mr McKinley’s property. There they found £4,226.56 in cash in various locations, 74.46g of herbal cannabis, one knotted bag containing 0.9g of cocaine, two sets of scales with residue on, and rolls of polythene bags. The street value of the cannabis was said to be £500 and the cocaine was valued at between £30 and £40. Mr McKinley apologised to the committee for his behaviour and told them he wanted a “second chance” – with the application for a taxi driver’s licence a step in that direction. Cllr Finn told Mr McKinley: “You’ve been granted your licence. Behave yourself for six weeks and you could possibly get your full licence.”
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