FIT AND PROPER
PHV DRIVER CAUGHT IN TELFORD OPERATION FINED AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO PLYING
A private hire driver has been f ined after pleading guilty
to
plying for hire after an undercover safety operation by Telford & Wrekin Council. Telford Magistrates’ Court heard that during an evening enforce- ment exercise in October 2023,
Imran Riaz, 35, from Wellington, Telford, was approached by council officers at Showcase Cinema and agreed to take them to Snedshill Trading Estate in Telford. Officers identified Riaz’s vehicle as one licensed by Shropshire Council.
The defendant pleaded guilty to plying for hire and driving without insurance when he appeared before magistrates on 20 May 2024. He was fined £294, ordered to pay £300 costs, a £118 victim surcharge and given eight penalty points.
MAN FINED FOR CARELESS DRIVING IN SOUPED-UP BMW GRANTED GLASGOW TAXI LICENCE
A private hire driver who was fined after driving carelessly in a “souped-up BMW” has been granted a taxi licence. Glasgow’s licensing committee warned Sohail Nasir but agreed to allow him to drive taxis in the city - despite an objection from Police Scotland. An officer said the force believed the applicant to be “not a fit and proper person” to hold a licence following his conviction for an incident in 2023. A representative for Mr Nasir told councillors that the charge, initially
dangerous driving, had been amended by the court to careless driving.
She said Mr Nasir had driven at “excessive speeds” and was punished with three penalty points and a £270 fine. He had negotiated two corners quickly, she added. The committee was told the applicant was driving his brother’s “souped-up BMW” at the time, which he believes “drew attention to the police”. His representative said an un- marked police car approached his
FORMER EGREMONT CABS DRIVER FINED FOR OPERATING WITHOUT LICENCES
A cabbie has been found guilty of carrying out unlicensed private hire work.
Jamie Rimmer, formerly trading as ‘Egremont Cabs’, failed to appear at Workington Magistrates’ Court on May 22. The charges included operating without a proper private hire
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driver’s licence or vehicle licence. He was found guilty in his absence of offences relating to carrying on unlicensed private hire work on two dates in November 2023. He was fined £1,320, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £220, and incurred costs of £350, £1,890.
totalling
vehicle. “He foolishly drove too fast round the corner when the unmarked police car was following him and he was stopped by a marked police car,” she added. “He fully accepts that he should not have driven in that fashion and that’s why he pleaded guilty to the offence.”
She said the driver was “so apologetic” and three penalty points was “at the lower end of the scale, but that is in no way meant to mitigate it”. “Careless driving for a private hire driver of eight years experience is not good enough, but I’m hoping I can convince the committee that it won’t be a barrier to granting the taxi licence that he’s applied for today.” Councillor Alex Wilson, SNP, who chairs the licensing committee, said the driver “should know how to conduct himself and how to drive” regardless of the car. “It’s his livelihood so he should take exceptional care of his own livelihood,” he added. “It’s foolish, there’s no doubt about that.”
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