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| Author: | StuartW [ Thu Feb 20, 2020 9:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Wakefield op banned from driving after used unbadged driver |
Hemsworth taxi firm owner fined by Leeds Magistrates Court after employing unlicensed driver https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news ... er-1848888 The owner of a taxi company has been fined after admitting employing an unlicensed driver. Debra Tingey, who runs 001 Cars in Hemsworth, pleaded guilty to three charges at Leeds Magistrates Court last week. The firm, which also trades under the name Tingey Cars, had employed 53 year-old Keith Walker as a driver, even though he did not have a private hire licence. Wakefield Council said Walker, of Lodge Street in Hemsworth, was seen driving a private hire vehicle with passengers from Kinsley to South Kirkby. Tingey, of Woodmoor Road in Hemsworth, pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle with an unlicensed driver, employing an unlicensed driver and allowing the use of an unlicensed vehicle when no insurance was in force. She was fined £460, ordered to pay costs and banned from driving for six months. Walker pleaded guilty by post and will be sentenced later this month. Speaking after the case, Councillor Maureen Cummings, portfolio holder for the environment, said: "The court said these were very serious offences. "Mrs Tingey holds a position of responsibility within the company and the behaviour involved breaches public safety by allowing Mr Walker, an unlicensed and uninsured driver, to operate within the business. "Our priority, as a council, is to keep the public safe and this case should send out a firm message to everyone that this behaviour will never be tolerated.” Coun Cummings said the local authority's licensing committee would now decide whether or not to revoke the company's operator licence. |
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| Author: | StuartW [ Thu Feb 20, 2020 9:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wakefield op banned from driving after used unbadged dri |
Quote: Tingey, of Woodmoor Road in Hemsworth, pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle with an unlicensed driver, employing an unlicensed driver and allowing the use of an unlicensed vehicle when no insurance was in force. She was fined £460, ordered to pay costs and banned from driving for six months. Is it usual to receive a driving ban when the accused wasn't actually driving? 
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| Author: | edders23 [ Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wakefield op banned from driving after used unbadged dri |
StuartW wrote: Quote: Tingey, of Woodmoor Road in Hemsworth, pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle with an unlicensed driver, employing an unlicensed driver and allowing the use of an unlicensed vehicle when no insurance was in force. She was fined £460, ordered to pay costs and banned from driving for six months. Is it usual to receive a driving ban when the accused wasn't actually driving? yup it happened to one round here a good few years ago as I've mentioned before she let someone drive whilst waiting for his badge application to go through think she got 6 penalty points so the above was probably totting up |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wakefield op banned from driving after used unbadged dri |
StuartW wrote: Is it usual to receive a driving ban when the accused wasn't actually driving? Not every case, but not uncommon for certain offences. |
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