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Just two extracts from Brum's Annals of Licensing Offence Atrocities;

Name & Address
Mohammed Saeed Din
298 Coleshill Road
Birmingham
B36 8BG

Date Case Heard
23/6/2011

Court
Birmingham Magistrates Court

Legislation
Fraud Act 2006,
Forgery & Counterfeiting Act 1981
& Road Traffic Act 1988

Fine / Penalty
16 weeks in custody suspended for 2 years.
180 hours of unpaid work.
+ 36 penalty points
Disqualified from driving for 12 months

Costs
£360 (£851 requested)

Offence details
Pleaded guilty to 15 offences; 6 offences of making and having in his possession a forged Hackney Carriage badge and making a false representation that the badge was genuine, 4 offences of making and using a forged Hackney Carriage Drivers badge and 6 offences of driving without insurance.


Name & Address
Zulfaqar Ali
55 St Benedicts Road
Small Heath
Birmingham
B10 9DR

Date Case Heard
29/6/2011

Court
Birmingham Magistrates Court

Legislation
Road Traffic Act 1988

Fine / Penalty
Total £500 (£125 x 4)
+ 24 penalty points
Disqualified from driving for 9 months

Costs
£500 (£1110 requested)

Offence details
Pleaded not guilty to 4 offences of driving without insurance. Found guilty after trial.


To view all the prosecutions and other interesting HC and PH items on Brum’s latest Licensing Committee agenda follow the links and instructions below;

Click on;

http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/democracy/Pages/Index.aspx

In the first drop down box ‘Meeting Body Type’ chose ‘Regulatory’; let the window refresh.

In the second drop down box now reading ‘Appointments Sub-Committee’ chose ‘Licensing Committee’ (the top one).

In the box ‘From’ type in 12/09/2011.and press ‘GO’

Click on the ‘Licensing Committee’ dated 13/09/2011.

Click on the individual agenda items and then click on the PDF symbol to open the report.

AGENDA ITEMS 3, 4, 10, 11, 12 and 13 are relevant to the trades.

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Kind regards,

Brummie Cabbie.

Type a message, post your news,
Disagree with other members' views;
But please, do have some decorum,
When debating on the TDO Forum.

If this is happening in Brum, betchya it's happening in many or most of your manors!!!

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Kind regards,

Brummie Cabbie.

Type a message, post your news,
Disagree with other members' views;
But please, do have some decorum,
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they dont sound like brummy names...

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

And their licenses will be returned to them with 0 points on.

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IDFIMH

I used to think that this was boIIocks until one of my sons lost his license after accruing 31 points. He got it back a couple of months ago with no points.

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Grandad,

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Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.

Believe me, don't get Mercury X2

Is that the case?? I thought the points were still active as long as the endorsement was still on the licence?

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Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.

Believe me, don't get Mercury X2

No, once you get a ban the points dissapear.

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Grandad,

The endorsements remain, but the points go.

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IDFIMH

My sons license came back with no endorsements.

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Grandad,

Had they run their course during the ban?

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IDFIMH

I'm not sure.

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Grandad,