FIT AND PROPER
RUSHMOOR CABBIE BAN UPHELD AFTER ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO KISS A FEMALE PASSENGER IN FARNBOROUGH
A taxi driver had his licence revoked after he allegedly tried to kiss a female passenger in Farnborough. According to HampshireLive, Rushmoor Borough Council revoked the licence in June 2020 following allegations. The driver, Qaisar Abbas from Bracknell, appealed the decision to revoke his licence at Aldershot Magis-
trates’ Court on August 13. The court heard that Mr Abbas’s licence was revoked following claims he had hugged and then tried to kiss a female passenger. Her friends had complained to the operator who alerted the council. The complaint also claimed that Mr Abbas had not followed social distanc-
ing rules at the time. RBC then undertook an investigation, which lead to the licence being revoked on the grounds of public safety. At the hearing, magistrates upheld the council’s decision to revoke the taxi licence. Mr Abbas was then ordered to pay a contribution towards the council’s legal costs of £1,500.
BOLTON CABBIE LOSES LICENCE APPEAL AFTER ALLEGATIONS ABOUT BEHAVIOUR
A PHV driver has lost his bid to regain his licence after magistrates said he was a not a “fit and proper person”. On January 29 Bolton Council’s licens- ing committee decided to revoke Olusegun Ogunmokun’s licence after hearing allegations about his behaviour. Mr Ogunmokun appealed the decision at Bolton Magistrates’ Court where Bolton Council, outlined its concerns. These included how Mr Ogunmokun failed to notify licensing of a motorway speeding penalty he had received or
declare it on a renewal form. And when checks were made with Greater Manchester Police, they revealed previous reports about him drink driving and an allegation he had pushed a former pregnant partner. Mr Ogunmokun, 46, was not charged or convicted of any of the alleged offences. Checks were also made with Uber, which revealed that it had received 37 complaints about the driver, who has held a private hire licence since 2017. Mr Hope told how, on July 28, 2018, a
complaint was made by a passenger about “inappropriate” comments and questions from Mr Ogunmokun which made them feel “uncomfortable”. When questioned about the allegations Mr Ogunmokun stated that he had never been in trouble with the police, did not drink and no inappropriate con- duct with a passenger had occurred. But Magistrates decided that the licensing committee’s decision to revoke the licence was correct and dismissed his appeal.”
EAST SUSSEX CABBIE LOSES FIGHT TO GET BACK HIS LICENCE LANDING HIM £10,000 COSTS
A Crowborough taxi driver who lost his licence after allegations of ‘acting inap- propriately towards a female passenger’ and assaulting another taxi driver has lost his appeal to get it back. In Your Area reports that Donald Richards of Ashdown Cars in Crowbor- ough had his licence revoked by Wealden DC following three allegations of “unacceptable behaviour”. At a meeting held behind closed doors in November 2019, the council’s licens- ing sub-committee decided Mr Richards was no longer deemed fit to hold a dual licence. It was immediately cancelled.
OCTOBER 2021
Mr Richards appealed the decision but at Brighton Magistrates’ Court at a three-day hearing ending on August 13, the decision was upheld and Mr Richards was ordered to pay £10,000 towards the costs of the council. A council spokesman said: “Upon hearing evidence, the court was satis- fied that Mr Richards acted inappropriately towards a female passenger, and in a separate incident, assaulted another taxi driver at Crow- borough train station in October 2019. “In addition, Mr Richards had continued to work following revocation of his
licence by the council’s licensing sub-committee,” he said. Mr Richards’ family said in a statement to the Courier: “Mr Richards is under- standably very disappointed with the court’s decision, he had hoped that his long service to the community and good character would have added more weight to his continued denials of the allegations made by so few. “The company has been running for over 20 years and will continue to run.” Cllr Nigel Coltman, chairman of the council’s licensing committee said: “We treat passenger safety very seriously.”
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