FIT AND PROPER
CABBIE IN RANGERS SHIRT DENIED TAXI LICENCE RENEWAL AFTER ZIG ZAG STOP
A taxi driver who wore a Rangers football strip and stopped on zig- zag lines has been refused a licence renewal after he failed to appear at a North Ayrshire Licensing Committee meeting to explain his actions. Gareth Wilkinson had applied for renewal of his taxi driver’s licence and PHV licence, but his applic- ation was rejected unanimously.
Police Scotland told the com- mittee that on September 2, 2024, officers found Mr. Wilkinson’s taxi stopped on zig-zag lines while he was “sounding his horn”. When approached, he did not have insurance for the vehicle, which was then removed. At the time of the incident, Mr. Wilkinson was “dressed in a Rangers strip” and not wearing his taxi driver’s ID.
Cllr Cameron Inglis stated that the driver’s behaviour was “well out of the law and also our own policy,” adding that the wearing of a football top was what “annoyed me most.” The committee noted that Mr. Wilkinson had been given two opportunities to attend but chose not to. A motion to refuse both licences was passed unanimously.
DRIVER WHO PERFORMED SEX ACT IN PUBLIC DENIED LICENCE BY STOCKTON BOROUGH COUNCIL
A man who had his PH licence revoked in Middlesbrough after a hospital worker reported seeing him perform a sex act has been denied a licence by Stockton BC. The driver claimed he was suffering from a medical condition that caused “uncontrollable itching,” but his explanation was rejected by both councils. In an interview with council
officers, the driver claimed he had a medical condition that caused “bobbles on his penis” and discomfort when sitting. But he could not provide evidence of a diagnosis. The driver had applied for a new licence with Stockton council without declaring the 2024 revocation of his Middlesbrough licence. The licensing committee
“felt very strongly” that whether the driver was performing a sex act or itching, his behaviour was “completely unacceptable and wholly inappropriate.” They were concerned about his “lack of insight” and “lack
of
remorse,” and found that the applicant was not a “fit and proper person to hold a private hire vehicle driver licence.”
STOCKTON MAN REFUSED PRIVATE HIRE LICENCE FOR CAUSING DEATH BY DANGEROUS DRIVING
A Stockton businessman who served a four-year prison sentence for causing the death of another motorist by dangerous driving has been denied a private hire licence. The man, who killed another driver in a head-on collision in 2013, was found guilty by a jury in 2015 after a trial and had applied for the licence from Stockton BC. According to council minutes, he “now accepted that the collision
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was his fault.” He told councillors that the crash “was not an intentional collision” and that if the victim had not died, he would not have gone to prison. The applicant regained his driving licence in April 2019 after taking an extended driving test. The man told the committee he wanted to become a PH driver to provide for his family and described himself as a “confident
driver” who was “fit” and “healthy.” However, the council’s general licensing committee unanimously refused the application, stating that they did not believe he was a “fit and proper person” to hold a PHV driver’s licence. The committee found no “exceptional circumstances” to deviate from their policy of refusing a licence to someone with such a conviction.
SEPTEMBER 2025 PHTM
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