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Fine for unlicensed High Wycombe taxi driver
1:20pm Friday 12th March 2010

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AN unlicensed taxi driver from High Wycombe has been ordered to pay more than £2,000 by magistrates.

Zulifqar Ali, of Whitelands Road, pleaded guilty to operating nine private hire vehicles without a valid private hire operator's licence when he appeared at Wycombe Magistrates' Court on Monday.

He was fined a total of £1,800 and ordered to pay costs of £323.

The prosecution was brought by Wycombe District Council.

The council's Chairman of Regulations and Appeals, Cllr John Savage, said after sentencing: “We are pleased at the successful conviction. It demonstrates the excellent work officers do in ensuring that taxi operators do not ignore the law and are bought to justice if they do.”

source: http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Close I suppose to the actual position of an unlicensed private hire operator.

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IDFIMH

guilty to operating nine private hire vehicles without a valid private hire operator's licence

Fined about £2K.......thats 10 licenses he should have hade......£200 fine per license.......crime doesnt pay obviously.
CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Based on his income which hopefully will be nothing soon.

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IDFIMH

The tide is turning?....

Why 10 licences Surely you only need one operators licence

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

He pleaded guilty to operating 9 vehicles

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Our firm operate 300+ vehicles but they only have one operators licence. He didn't plead guilty to owning 9 vehicles and renting them out he only pleaded guilty to operating them.

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Then 9 PHV's need done too?

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

For the benefit of Ms Toots; he operated 9 vehicles plus his own vehicle = 10 operator licences!!

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He operated 9 and his own PH vehicles. Therefore he only needs one operators licence not 10. Perhaps they mean vehicle licences

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!