FIT AND PROPER


UNPAID WORK FOR YORK CABBIE FOR OVERCHARGING PASSENGER


A taxi driver has been convicted of fraud for overcharging one of his passengers and has been ordered to do 100 hours’ unpaid work. City of York Council prosecuted David Richardson for his actions on June 1 last year. When he appeared before York Magistrates Court the


30-year-old licensed hackney carriage driver pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position. He was made subject to


a


community order with 10 days’ rehabilitative activities and 100 hours’ unpaid work. According to the charge,


Richardson, from Acomb, was expected to safeguard, or not act against, the financial interest of a named man, but he dishonestly abused his position as a licensed hackney driver by charging an excessive fare with the intention of making a gain for himself.


LEEDS POLICE STOP MORE THAN 40 PHVS FOR POOR PARKING IN HEADINGLEY DURING OTLEY RUN


Police and Leeds City Council’s taxi licensing team recently carried out a joint operation in Far Headingley. The day of action was in response to


concerns raised by the


community. Residents have complained of large numbers of PHVs dropping off revellers participating in the Otley Run, stopping in unsuitable locations


and causing obstructions. The infamous 15-stop bar crawl has become something of a rite of passage for students in the city. Officers from the Inner Leeds North West Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) and the council patrolled the area on Saturday May 13. They stopped more than 40 PHVs and drivers


were advised to park elsewhere. One private hire licence was suspended. It follows a crackdown on street drinking and anti-social behaviour linked to the Otley Run last month. A large number of private hire vehicles were also directed to move after causing an obstruction in the Otley Road area.


READING PH DRIVER TO PAY ALMOST £4,000 IN FINES AND COSTS FOR MULTIPLE OFFENCES


A private hire driver has been ordered to pay nearly £2,000 in fines after committing of a string of driving offences at last year’s Henley Regatta. Sakhawat Mushtaq, from Reading, is the fourth driver convicted for offences at the Regatta last July. The 35-year-old has been con- victed of illegally plying for hire, driving without the correct insurance, failing to wear his badge and display his vehicle plate. Oxford Magistrates’ Court heard how officers from South Oxfordshire DC, working with


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colleagues from Reading BC, were on foot patrol in Henley, when a blue Toyota Prius belonging to Mushtaq pulled over outside a hotel on double yellow lines. The car had previously been seen in the town earlier on multiple occasions that evening. Having witnessed the car parked illegally in a prominent location, one officer approached and asked the driver if he could take them to Reading Railway Station. Mushtaq replied saying he was available and could do the journey immediately for £40.


Further investigation revealed that Mushtaq was licensed with Fareham BC and was only insured to carry out pre-booked work. The driver pleaded not guilty to illegally plying for hire, driving without insurance and failing to wear his council issued badge. Mushtaqha’s been ordered to pay a £1,960 fine, six points were added to his DVLA licence and costs were awarded to the district council of £1,000 with an additional £784 victim surcharge. The total of the fines and costs amounted to £3,744.


JUNE 2023 PHTM


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