At their meeting in May the Licensing Committee agreed to publicise cases taken by Birmingham City Council in sof ar as these relate to offences committed in respect of the Licensing Service. The list below identifies cases taken between November 2010 - May 2011 and this will be updated on a monthly basis following consideration of the report on this matter by the Licensing Committee each month.
Only cases taken over a six month period will remain on this web page. The page will be reviewed regularly with older cases being deleted on this basis.
Mohammed Nazural Eron
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 1st November 2010 to one offence of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined £500– no ins (No separate penalty for plying)
+ 6 penalty points
Prosecution Costs £250 (£450 req)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Qamar Shezad
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 1st November 2010 to one offence of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined £235 – plying & £350 – no ins
+ 3 penalty points & disqualified from driving for 9 months
Prosecution Costs £200 (£200 req)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Tanvir Hussain
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 4th November 2010 to three offences: one of failing to wear his private hire driver’s badge, one of operating private hire vehicles from a motor vehicle using a mobile phone and one offence of failing to ensure that bookings were
recorded correctly.
Fined £250 x 3
Prosecution Costs £1,242.30 (£1,242.30 req)
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976
Tariq Zaman
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 5th November 2010 to one offence of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined £120 – plying & £240 – no ins
+ 6 penalty points
Prosecution Costs £100 (£200 req)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Irfhan Heyder Khan
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 5th November 2010 to seven offences: two relating to the use of a false insurance document to gain employment with Blueline Cars, one of failing to display the private hire identity plate externally on the rear of the vehicle, one of failing to provide a current insurance certificate for the vehicle and three of
consequently having invalid insurance
Fined £500 – Fraud Act, £500 – Forgery & Counterfeiting Act, £100 x 3 – no ins,
No separate penalty for LGMPA x 2
Prosection Costs £1,061 (£1,061 req)
Fraud Act 2006, Forgery & Counterfeiting Act 1981, Road Traffic Act 1988 & Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976
Umar Hussain
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 19th November 2010to one offence of failing to wear his private hire driver’s badge.
Fined £130
Prosection Costs £100 (£150 req)
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976
Mohammed Mohammed
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 19th November 2010 to one offence of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined £150 – no ins (No separate penalty for plying)
+ 6 penalty points
Prosecution Costs £100 (£200 req)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Arshad Mohammed
Pleaded guilty at Sutton Coldfield Magistrates on 23rd November 2010 to one offence of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined £235 – no ins (No separate penalty for plying)
+ 8 penalty points
Prosection Costs £200 (£200 req)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Abdullah Khan
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 26th November 2010 to one offence of plying for hire
Fined £160
Prosecution Costs £200 (£200 req)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847
Mohammed Junaid
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 26th November 2010 to one offence of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined £340 – no ins (No separate penalty for plying)
+ 6 penalty points
Prosecution Costs £100 (£200 req)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Saleem Chohan
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 10th December 2010 to one offence of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined £450 (£300 – no ins & £150– plying)
+ 6 penalty points
Prosecution Costs £100 (£200 req)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Mohammed Latif
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 10th December 2010 to failing to wear his private hire driver’s badge.
Fined £40
Prosecution Costs £35 (£150 req)
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976
Ghulam Khan
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 13th December 2010 to one offence of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined £360 (£180 – no ins & £180 – plying)
+ 6 penalty points
Prosecution Costs £500 (£500 req)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Faisal Nassar
Pleaded not guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 20th December 2010 to three offences, 1 of failing to keep a record of the insurance for a private hire driver and two of failing to keep a record of the particulars of journeys. Pleaded guilty to one offence of failing to keep a record of the insurance for a private hire driver. Case Proved
Fined £400 £200 – insurance cert, No separate penalty for 2nd offence of failing to have a
copy of insurance & £200 – failing to keep journey records
Prosecution Costs £550 (£550 req)
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976
Mohammed Zaman
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 4th February 2011, to one offence of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined total £165 (£65 – plying & £100– no ins) & + 6 penalty points
Prosecution Costs £200 (£200 requested)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Amar Aftab
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 11th February 2011, to one offence of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined total £450 (£200 – plying & £250 – no ins) + 6 penalty points & Disqualified from driving for 6 months
Prosecution Costs £200 (£200 requested)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Inamullah Saleem
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 18th February 2011, to one offence of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined total £450 (£100 – plying & £350 – no insurance) + 6 penalty points
Prosecution Costs £200 (£200 requested)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Zulifqur Asghar
Found guilty in his absence at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 18th February 2011, of 3 offences; one of using a vehicle without a current licence, one of acting as a private hire driver without a licence and one offence of driving without
valid insurance.
Fined total £875 (£350 – unlicensed vehicle, No sep pen – unlicensed driver & £525 – no ins)
+ 6 penalty points
Prosecution Costs £500 (£500 requested)
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Mohammed Zaman
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 4th February 2011, to one offence of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined total £165 (£65 – plying & £100– no ins) & + 6 penalty points
Prosecution Costs £200 (£200 requested)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Amar Aftab
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 11th February 2011, to one offence of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined total £450 (£200 – plying & £250 – no ins) + 6 penalty points & Disqualified from driving for 6 months
Prosecution Costs £200 (£200 requested)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Inamullah Saleem
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 18th February 2011, to one offence of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined total £450 (£100 – plying & £350 – no insurance) + 6 penalty points
Prosecution Costs £200 (£200 requested)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Zulifqur Asghar
Found guilty in his absence at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 18th February 2011, of 3 offences; one of using a vehicle without a current licence, one of acting as a private hire driver without a licence and one offence of driving without
valid insurance.
Fined total £875 (£350 – unlicensed vehicle, No sep pen – unlicensed driver & £525 – no ins)
+ 6 penalty points
Prosecution Costs £500 (£500 requested)
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Jamir Hussain
Found guilty in his absence of at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 18th February 2011, 4 offences; two of knowingly operating a private hire vehicle when both the vehicle and the driver, Zulifqur Asghar, were unlicensed, one of failing to keep
vehicle /driver records as required by the conditions attached to his operator’s licence and one offence of failing to produce documentation to an authorised officer.
Fined total £935 (£350 – unlicensed vehicle, £350 – unlicensed driver, No sep pen – failing to keep records & £235 – failing
to produce documents
Prosecution Costs £500 (£500 requested)
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976
Arshad Mahmood
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 25th February 2011, to 1 offence of plying for hire.
Fined £300
Prosecution Costs £200 (£200 requested)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847
Jahangir Alom
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 25th February 2011, to one offence of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined total £300 (£200 – ply & £100 – no ins) + 6 penalty points
Prosecution Costs £200 (£200 requested)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Rezaul Kharim
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 11th March 2011, to two offences: one of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined total £700 (£350 – ply & £350 – no ins) + 6 penalty points
Prosecution Costs £100 (£200 requested)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Aamir Khan
Found guilty in his absence at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 11th March 2011, of two offences; one of failing to produce a premises licence in respect of Mega Bite, 1052 Pershore Road, Selly Park and one offence of breaching a condition of the licence as the CCTV was not working.
Fined total £500 (£100 – fail to produce & £400 – fail to comply)
Prosecution Costs £434.95 (£434.95 requested)
Licensing Act 2003
Surinder Pal
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 18th March 2011, to one offence of plying for hire.
Fined £60
Prosecution Costs £200 (£200 requested)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847
Imran Zahid
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 18th March 2011, to one offence of plying for hire.
Penalty 2 year conditional discharge
Prosecution Costs £100 (£200 requested)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847
Abad Hussain
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 21st March 2011, to five offences: four of driving without valid insurance and one offence of failing to disclose to the licensed operator that he did not have valid insurance so that he
could continue to work as a private hire driver.
Fined total £600 (£200 – Fraud & £100 x 4 – no ins) + 24 penalty points & Disqualified from driving for 28 days
Prosecution Costs £200 (£485 requested)
Road Traffic Act 1988 & Fraud Act 2006
Ashariq Zafar Salis
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 1st April 2011, to two offences: one of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined total £135 (£100 – no ins & £35 – plying) + 6 penalty points
Prosecution Costs £50 (£200 requested)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Narinder Singh
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 1st April 2011, to two offences: one of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined total £200 (£140 – no ins & £60 – plying) + 6 penalty points
Prosecution Costs £200 (£200 requested)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Ajmal Ali
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 4th April 2011, to two offences: one of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined total £450 (£450 – no ins & No separate penalty – plying) + 6 penalty points
Prosecution Costs £100 (£200 requested)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Mohammed Alam
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 8th April 2011 to 3 offences of driving without valid insurance.
Fined total £300 (£300 – 3rd offence & No separate penalty - remaining 2 offences) + 18 penalty points &
Disqualified from driving for 12 months
Prosecution Costs £329.70 (£329.70 requested)
Road Traffic Act 1988
Shakeel Arshad
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 8th April 2011 to two offences: one of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined total £210 (£210 – no ins & No separate penalty - plying) + 6 penalty points
Prosection Costs £200 (£200 requested)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Mahmood Perwaiz
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 8th April 2011 to two offences: one of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined total £350 (£350 – no ins & No separate penalty - plying) + 6 penalty points
Prosecution Costs £200 (£200 requested)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Ise Samow
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 8th April 2011 to two offences: one of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined total £350 (£350 – no ins & No separate penalty - plying) + 6 penalty points
Prosectuion Costs £200 (£200 requested)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Ala Ud din
guiltyPleaded Birmingham Magistrates Court on 8th April 2011 to 1 offence of failing to wear a private hire driver’s badge in a position as to be plainly and distinctly visible
Fined £115
Prosecution Costs £150 (£150 requested)
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976
Yvonne Lowndes
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 8th April 2011 to 1 offence of carrying on an establishment for massage at Glow, 8a Chipperfield Road, Hodge Hill, Birmingham without a current licence.
Fined £200
Prosecution Costs £313.20 (£313.20 requested)
Birmingham City Council Act 1990
Jama Hussain
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 11th April 2011, to two offences: one of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined total £525 (£200 – plying & £325 – no ins) + 6 penalty points
Prosection Costs £100 (£200 requested)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Mrban Khan
ePleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 14th April 2011 to 6 offences. 4 of driving without valid insurance, 1 offence of using a vehicle as a private hire vehicle without a current private hire vehicle licence and 1 offence of
giving a false home address on a licence application form.
Fined Total £250 (£250 – no ins & No separate penalty – licence & false information offences) + 24 penalty points
Prosecution Costs £135 (£921.37 requested)
Local Government Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Tabraiz Hussain
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 21st April 2011 to two offences: one of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined total £245 (£70 – plying & £175 – no ins) + 6 penalty points
Prosecution Costs £200 (requested £675)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Waseem Iqbal
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 5th May 2011 to two offences: one of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined total £200 (£200 - plying & no separate penalty for no insurance) + 6 penalty points
Prosecution Costs £200 (£200 requested)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Shakeel Kayani
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 5th May 2011, to two offences: one of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined total £160 (£160 – plying & no separate penalty for no insurance) + 6 penalty points
Prosecution Costs £200 (£200 requested)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Marban Hussain
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 6th May 2011, to four offences: three of driving without valid insurance and one offence of giving false information to an authorised officer
Fined total £400 (£100 x 4) + 18 penalty points & Disqualified from driving for 6 months
Prosecution Costs £200 (£200 requested)
Road Traffic Act 1988 & Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976
Ziaur Rahman
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 16th May 2011 to one offence of plying for hire.
Fined £140
Proseuction Costs £150 (£200 requested)
Town Police Clauses Act 1847
Anilkumar Shah
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 19th May 2011, to two offences; one of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined total £500 (£500 – plying & no separate for no insurance) + 6 penalty points & Disqualified from driving for 18 months
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Mohammed Bhutta
Pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 19th May 2011, to two offences; one of plying for hire and one of having invalid insurance.
Fined total £500 (£500– plying & no separate financial penalty for no insurance) & + 6 penalty points
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 & Road Traffic Act 1988
Why is it London Taxi & Private Hire and Safer Transport Command, have not made one single arrest of Private Hire Drivers and their operators for Plying for hire in the Capital, Birmingham council have achieved so much on a shoe string budget, maybe we should send them to Birmingham for training, or just sack the lot for incompetence.
I THINK THE FIGURES SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES !!
And the names.
Where are we? Britain?
