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Hove taxi driver fined for smoking in cab


A Brighton and Hove taxi driver has been fined for smoking in his cab.

Lee Blackmore, 47, of Sherbourne Road, in Hangleton, has been fined £600 and ordered to pay £350 costs and a £20 victim surcharge.

Blackmore was found guilty of three charges of smoking in a smoke-free place at Eastbourne Magistrates’ Court on Friday (15 May).

Brighton and Hove City Council solicitor Len Batten, prosecuting, told the court that Blackmore had a history of smoking in taxis and had ignored verbal warnings and a fixed penalty fine.

Smoking in a cab is an offence under section 5 of the Health Act 2006.

The council’s head of regulatory services Tim Nichols said: “We are pleased that the magistrates clearly supported our decision to prosecute Mr Blackmore and hope that the fine imposed will act as a warning to others.”

source: http://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2015 ... -cab/39988

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

Yet another cab driver who thinks laws and rules are for other people.

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IDFIMH

Agree with you,its suprising how many still do.On a different angle how many council workers ect smoking in a works vehicle have been prosecuted ?

How many workers other than taxi drivers full stop.

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Grandad,