Abergavenny private hire firm fined £3,000 - after magistrate says it has no regard for public safety



Monmouthshire County Council has secured the prosecution of a private hire firm following an investigation by licensing officers.

Abergavenny business M D Travel was fined a total of £3,000 plus £884:54 costs with a £150 surcharge at Cwmbran Magistrates Court after being found guilty of three offences at a hearing on Monday, September 5.

Offences included dispatching a licensed private hire vehicle using an unlicensed driver in Abergavenny on February 14 2016, allowing a private hire vehicle to be driven by an unlicensed driver in Abergavenny on February 14 and dispatching a licensed private hire vehicle using an unlicensed driver In Cwmbran on July 19 2016. No one from the firm attended the hearing.

The presiding magistrate commented that M D Travel clearly had no regard for the safety of members of the public




Leader of Monmouthshire County Council, Councillor Peter Fox said, “The council’s licensing officers will always work with travel operators to maintain standards. However, we will not hesitate to take legal action when businesses have breached legislation and undermine public safety.”

source: http://www.abergavennychronicle.com/art ... hyear=2016

They should have set up base in Manchester cos you don't need a licenced vehicle either, apparently