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PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:45 pm 
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Unlicensed taxi driver tried to pick up council enforcement officers

An unlicensed taxi driver was caught after offering a ride to a group council enforcement officers. Chiman Singh drove up to the group of North West Leicestershire District Council staff outside the Download festival in June last year to ask if they needed a taxi. They discovered Singh had no licence to operate a taxi in the county.

The group got Singh to pull over and explained to him that he was not able to operate in the district as he was licenced by Nottingham City Council, a spokesperson for the district council said in a statement. Singh's use of his taxi without a valid licence also meant that his insurance was void if he did carry passengers in Leicestershire.

He was prosecuted and, at Leicester Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, January 10, pleaded guilty to plying for hire while unlicenced in the district at Donington Park on Sunday, June 11. Singh (39), of Gunnersbury Way, Nottingham, was given six penalty points on his driving licence, handed a £250 fine and ordered to pay £100 in costs and a £30 victim surcharge.

Councillor Alison Smith MBE, deputy leader of North West Leicestershire District Council and portfolio holder for community services on the council’s cabinet, said: “Driving without having the correct licence, and therefore without insurance, is a serious offence when committed by any motorist.

“For a taxi driver it is even more unacceptable and puts the welfare of passengers and other drivers on the road at serious risk. “Keeping the public safe is a priority for the district council and this case shows how seriously we take this.”

In mitigation, Singh told the court that he had been a taxi driver for more than 20 years and had demonstrated good behaviour throughout this time. He also stated that he had a job booked and presumed the officers to be that job. He said he did have a taxi licence from Nottingham City Council to operate there.

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