FIT AND BOLTON MAN FINED FOR ILLEGAL TAXI SERVICE


A man has been ordered to pay more than £2,000 after ille- gally operating a taxi service.


According to the Rad- cliffe Times, Gareth Kay, from Stoneclough,


traded under the name Airlux and advertised airport transfers. But he was accepting book- ings without a private hire operator licence, Bolton Magistrates Court heard last month.


Kay, aged 52, was fined £900 and was given six penalty points. He was also ordered to pay a £15 victim surcharge and £1,100 costs to Bolton Council.


TEN MONTHS FOR SLEEPING MANCHESTER CABBIE WHO HIT PEDESTRIAN


A cabbie who almost killed a pedestrian when he fell asleep at the wheel was exhausted because he was doing two jobs. According to the Man- chester Evening News, Kayyum Ali Patel- Mohammad, 40, veered across four lanes of a busy road, mounted the opposite pavement and careered into a man walking home after a night out. Richard Archer, 30, was trapped under the car and was so badly


hurt he was in inten- sive care for ten days. Both his legs were broken, he suffered numerous other frac- tures, and has to be cared for by his sister. Jailing Patel-Moham- mad for ten months at Manchester Crown Court, Judge Jonathan Geake said: “Your victim was innocently walking home when you fell asleep and ploughed into him, causing him life-threatening injuries. Fortunately he sur- vived.”


Mr Patel-Mohammad routinely worked extra shifts at a petrol sta- tion as well as working to pass his private hire exam. The accident happened just one week after he qualified. Judge Geake disquali- fied Patel-Mohammad from driving for two years, adding: “It was entirely your fault. You were doing two jobs at once and you fell asleep. I feel there is no alternative but to impose a custodial sentence.”


BAN FOR DRUNK WASHINGTON CABBIE


A taxi passenger shopped his boozed- up driver to a passing police officer after he smelt alcohol on the cabbie’s breath. Taxi driver George Mowbray, 60, was


breathalysed and found to be more than twice the drink-drive limit, Gateshead mag- istrates heard.


The Newcastle upon Tyne Evening Chronicle reports that his life is


now in tatters after he has been banned from the roads for 17 months, has lost his job and is set to lose his home after plead- ing guilty to driving over the limit.


16 MONTH BAN FOR DRINK DRIVING LLANDUDNO CABBIE


A speeding taxi driver drove two children to school while over the drink limit.


Henry Hycz has been banned from driving after he was caught with booze in his blood while carrying the two youngsters in the back of his cab. He was stopped for speeding in Penrhyn Bay, when police smelt alcohol on his breath.


According to the Daily Post, Magistrates in Llandudno disquali-


fied Hycz, 59, of Col- wyn Bay, from driving for 16 months.


The court heard he is likely to no longer be allowed to drive in his job at the end of his disqualification.


Prosecutor James Neary said Hycz had been taking two chil- dren to school in his taxi. A police officer was watching the road and stopped him for speeding at 41mph in a 30mph zone. They gave him a fixed penalty ticket.


However the officer smelt alcohol on his breath and asked Hycz to give a breath sample which was positive, as was the blood sample he gave. Magistrates chairwoman Anne McLaren said the bench found the offence “very serious”. He was disqualified from driving for 16 months and fined £100. He was also ordered to pay £60 prosecution costs and a £15 victim’s sur- charge.


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