FIT AND PROPER
DANGEROUS DEFECTS DISCOVERED AFTER BURTON CAB CRASHED
A Burton driver has been fined after a police check revealed the cab he was driving was dangerously defective.
Mohammed Zaheer, 33, pleaded guilty to three counts of defects and was also handed three penalty points on his licence when he appeared at Burton Magistrates’ Court last month. Police had originally been called to an acci- dent in October last
year, involving Zaheer’s minibus.
The Burton Mail reports that the Prose- cutor told the court: “Officers made a thor- ough check and found a defective tyre and the centre seat belt was not working prop- erly. Further checks revealed a rear brake light was also not working.”
Neil O’Driscoll, defen- ding, said: “The vehi- cle wasn’t actually Zaheer’s, but he knows
you are responsible for that vehicle when driv- ing it.”
Magistrates decided to fine Zaheer for each offence separately, giving him a £165 fine for having insufficient tread, £80 for the seat belt, and £80 for the brake light.
He was also ordered to pay £85 court costs and a victim surcharge of £15.
The fines had been reduced because of his early guilty plea.
DISQUALIFIED DRIVER SENTENCED TO FOUR MONTHS FOR TAXI TOUTING
A taxi tout has been jailed for four months and disqualified from driving for 12 months. Abdul Hassan, from Birmingham, was charged with touting for hire, driving with no insurance and driving whilst disqualified. He was sentenced to a total of 18 weeks’ imprisonment on Mon- day 17 January at Ealing Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty.
Hassan, 30, was arrest-
ed in the early hours on Sunday 16 January after he approached a plain clothed police officer, who was carry- ing out a tout operation and asked if they want- ed a cab.
Hassan was arrested on suspicion of touting for hire and taken into custody, where further checks revealed he was not licensed by TfL and he didn’t hold a driving licence or valid insurance and had already been dis-
qualified from driving until September 2012. Chief Superintendent Steve Burton, Director of Community Enforce- ment, Safety and Polic- ing at TfL, said: “We are very happy with Mr Hassan’s sentence and this case demon- strates the good work done by the Cab Enforcement Unit and TfL Enforcement Offi- cers, who work together to reduce ille- gal touting in the capital.”
FINAL WARNING ABOUT CONDUCT FOR CARMARTHEN TAXI PAIR
Two taxi drivers have been given a final warning about their conduct.
According to the Car- marthen Journal, Carmarthenshire Coun- cil’s licensing commit- tee issued the warning to Christopher and Kenneth Duxbury, who run Chris Cars, of Sta- tion Approach, after they were found guilty in December of operat- ing and driving an unlicensed vehicle for hire and reward on two occasions without the appropriate vehicle licence and insurance. At court, Chris Cars was fined £300, Chris
Duxbury £200 with £150 costs and Ken- neth Duxbury £200 with £150 costs, but neither driver had their licence endorsed with penalty points. On February 11, 2010, Chris Duxbury used a Volvo to transport a child and their escort on the afternoon school run. The licensed car normally used was detained at the garage for repairs and all the other vehicles were out, said Chris Duxbury. On the May 2, Kenneth Duxbury had to use the Volvo to transport a social services client to Blaenau respite home.
Aware that Chris Duxbury was being investigated for using the vehicle for hire and reward, Kenneth Duxbury said he did it “free of charge to get this vulnerable person back to Blaenau”. But while the car had comprehensive insur- ance there was no third party condition, he said. The committee has the power to revoke their taxi licences, but licens- ing officers suggested the pair be given a warning over their con- duct. However, coun- cillors disagreed and gave them a more severe final warning.
PHTM MARCH 2011
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