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Drink-driving Sevenoaks taxi boss fined for operating without a licence



A former Sevenoaks taxi boss has been fined after being found guilty of operating without a licence.

Mohammed Abdul Jabbar, of Glyn Davies Close, was convicted of two counts of the offence at Sevenoaks Magistrates' Court on Thursday.

The 31-year-old was fined £180 per count plus a £20 victim surcharge and £1,200 in costs, totalling £1,580.

Sevenoaks Taxis - the firm he used to run - was ordered to pay £4,600.

Sevenoaks District Council investigated allegations that Jabbar had been collecting fares without a licence and found CCTV footage of him taking taxi fares on 2 and 24 August 2015, despite having his taxi licence revoked for a drink driving offence in January 2014.

Sevenoaks Taxis did not attend court but was found guilty in its absence on three charges at the same court hearing and was fined £500 per count, plus £1,500 in costs and a £50 surcharge totalling £3,050.

A spokesman for the firm has previously said Jabbar is no longer anything to do with the business.

Councillor Anna Firth, Sevenoaks District Council portfolio holder for licensing, says: "We take the safety of the travelling public very seriously and we work hard to ensure drivers are fit and proper people to do the job.

"In this case a driver had no taxi licence so wasn't insured to pick up the public.

"Our licensing and legal teams worked hard to bring about this successful prosecution and the size of the fine and costs demonstrates the magistrates took the case seriously.

"I hope this prosecution sends out a warning to rogue drivers who are thinking about breaking the law."

Sevenoaks Taxis has 28 days from the court cases to pay the £3,050 fine and costs. Jabbar has been ordered to pay his fine and costs at £40 a month.

Read more at http://www.kentlive.news/sevenoaks-taxi ... LBzDzgo.99

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

I think this firm will be the laughing stock of the trade down there for years

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

I thought people called Mohammed tended not to drink alcohol on religious grounds

There are plenty that do!

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

My thoughts too.

As they say in some countries "Well stone me"..

Typical behaviour by the firm who couldn't be arsed to turn up to court, they simply said the fella doesn't work for them anymore.

The problem is he shouldn't have been working for them then, and clearly they didn't have procedures in place to ensure only licensed drivers got their work.

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IDFIMH

the clue is in the headline

Drink-driving Sevenoaks taxi boss

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

However in many taxi/PH firms there are always far too many bosses, and far too many other people who think they are the boss.

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IDFIMH

fair point but I bet he's still involved somewhere behind the scenes

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector