FIT AND PROPER
BUCKS CABBIE LOSES LICENCE AFTER BEING CAUGHT USING MOBILE PHONE WHILE DRIVING
A driver has lost his private hire licence after he was caught using a mobile phone while driving. Azhar Iqbal, from High Wycombe, had his licence revoked after he failed to notify the council of the
offence. In April, Iqbal was then ordered to pay £5,500 to Buckinghamshire Council after an unsuccessful appeal against his ban.
Iqbal had been issued with six
points on his licence, ordered to pay a fine and court costs totalling £774 for the original incident . He also made another court appeal challenging the ban handed out by the council.
CHESHIRE PHV DRIVER TO PAY £1,270 AND GIVEN 8 POINTS FOR ILLEGALLY PLYING AND NO INSURANCE
An uninsured taxi driver caught illegally plying for hire has been hit with a £1,270 court bill. Madeh Ahmadi, from Handforth, Cheshire, pleaded guilty to plying for hire whilst he was not licensed as a hackney carriage at Liverpool
and Knowsley Magistrates’ Court. Ahmadi, 38, was caught operating on Church Street in Liverpool, whilst driving a Wolver-hampton licensed PHV, on last September, the court heard on March 28. The defendant also pleaded guilty
to driving without third party insurance on the same day. Ahmadi was fined £400 for each offence and ordered to pay £320 victim surcharge and £150 costs. His driving licence was endorsed with eight points.
READING FESTIVAL: MASSIVE FINE AND 8 POINTS FOR PH DRIVER WHO ILLEGALLY PLIED FOR HIRE
A private hire driver has been caught illegally plying during the Reading Festival in 2023. Mr Muhammed Shahzad, from Reading, pleaded guilty to illegally plying for hire, and therefore operating without insurance, at
Reading Magistrates’ Court in April. Mr Shahzad was licensed by South Oxfordshire DC, but illegally picked up undercover officers in Reading after he agreed to take them to Henley-on-Thames for £50, without a prior booking.
Mr Shazad was fined £922 for the offence of plying for hire and operating without insurance. Costs of £200 and a victim surcharge of £369 was also ordered. The court also endorsed his driving licence with eight penalty points.
BRISTOL CABBIE WHO HIT TWO PEDESTRIANS ALLOWED TO KEEP LICENCE
A Bristol taxi driver who faces a court appearance for hitting two pedestrians has been allowed to keep his licence. Councillors decided to renew his hackney carriage driver licence after hearing he was highly respected in the trade, had an
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unblemished 27-year record and was remorseful. The accident happened at a blind junction obscured by a wall in Clifton as he attempted to pull out, Bristol City Council’s licensing sub- committee was told. Minutes said he had never had an
incident and the driver told the panel it was a “momentary lapse and he couldn’t justify that loss of concentration”. The minutes added: “He had not worked since the incident and it would be a great loss not to get his badge back.”
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