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Suspended Rossendale taxi driver Nigel Flynn loses licence appeal



Mr Flynn, from Bacup, had his hackney licence suspended after complaints about his driving

A taxi driver whose hackney carriage licence was suspended has lost his appeal.

Nigel Paul Flynn, 49, of Pennine Road, Bacup, had his licence suspended by Rossendale council’s licensing sub-committee in November after two complaints about his driving standards.

Mr Flynn appealed the decision to Burnley Magistrates Court, however the council’s decision was upheld. The council said magistrates heard evidence from two witnesses and Mr Flynn, and determined that both witnesses ‘gave credible evidence’ stating Mr Flynn’s evidence was ‘not credible’.

Magistrates ordered Mr Flynn’s hackney carriage driver licence be suspended for four weeks with immediate effect and awarded costs of £540 to the council.

Speaking after the court hearing, Coun Colin Crawforth, chairman of the licensing committee, said: “The council must make a decision based on all relevant information and following consideration of all relevant council policies, in this case the magistrates considered the council’s policy and upheld the licensing sub-committees decision.”

source: http://www.rossendalefreepress.co.uk/ne ... l-10881269

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