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OSWESTRY TAXI FIRM BOSS STOPPED BY POLICE FOR SPEEDING DIDN’T KNOW HE WAS BANNED
An Oswestry taxi boss who was pulled over for speeding by police was astonished to discover he had been disqualified from driving several months earlier. Shaun Hill, of Oswald Cars, said he had no clue and no notification that he had received a six-month ban in December 2022. Hill, 31, pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified and driving without insurance when he appeared at Welshpool Magistrates’ Court on April 4. The court heard he was stopped by
police driving a grey
Volkswagen Golf on the A44 on March 13. He was pulled over and checks
showed he was disqualified on 13 December 2022
until June 12, 2023. Michael Davies, acting for Hill, said there were “bizarre aspects” to the case. “He was stopped in Aberystwyth, police thought he was driving faster than he ought to be. They made enquiries and when they searched the PNC there were no previous convictions recorded against him, which should not be the case if he’s been convicted. “As far as police were concerned they said he was not disqualified and they let him go. But the DVLA said he was disqualified. “He runs Oswald Cars in Oswestry; he has seven cars and 25 drivers are employed. It is the company policy to identify the driver and
inform the police of an offence. “He had no idea he had been disqualified by Mold court in December. It was for an offence of failing to respond to a notice of intended prosecution. “He said he never received it. He has been at his current property for eight years. He would not have been the driver on the day any offence was committed.” Magistrates fined Hill £500 with a £200 surcharge and £85 costs for driving while disqualified plus six points on his licence. The court was told this would take his points to 23 from 17 points. However, that will come down to just six as the other points are due to disappear once the ban is served.
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