Taxi Driver Online

Another one from Reading - but this was why I was looking on the Council's website. I wondered whether this was one of the individual cases reported separately.

But this looks like a completely separate case - and reads like a civvy car, as opposed to a PHV plying for hire

And that's maybe why the make and model of the car is stated, but nothing else.


Reading man fined for uninsured taxi operating in town

https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news ... ting-town/

A man has been fined more than £2,000 for using an uninsured vehicle and operating without a taxi licence.

Amit Malik, 38, of Coley Avenue, Reading, appeared at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Monday, May 11, where he plead guilty.

The court heard that he had allowed a Toyota Estima to stand or ply for hire on West Street in Reading on June 28, 2025, without the vehicle being licensed as a public hackney carriage.

He was also found to have used the same vehicle on the road without a valid policy of third-party insurance in place, as required under the Road Traffic Act 1988.

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Mr Malik was fined £594 for the insurance offence and £225 for the licensing offence.

He was also ordered to pay a victim services surcharge of £328 and costs totalling £1,640, bringing the total penalty to £2,787.

Magistrates imposed seven penalty points on his driving record.

A payment plan was put in place, requiring Mr Malik to pay £80 per month starting from June 8, 2026.

Usual BS about the *fine* as well - and if they just want a headline figure then wouldn't it be more accurate to state that it's nearly £3,000 rather than more than £2,000?

Unusual to read about payment plans in cases like this, though. although I'd case they do happen quite often, but just aren't reported in the press

another fool who thought no one would catch him serves him right.

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They happen all the time, but I suspect they are only reported if a reporter just happens to be present in court.

It makes it easier if the bench sets a payment level, as that's then a court order, and non-payment can lead to custody.

Courts like large fines/amounts to be paid within a year, unless the defendant is on benefits, then a 'deduction from benefits' order is put in place.

In other words, the good old taxpayer pays it.

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