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Taxi driver cleared of sexually assaulting schoolgirl wins hackney licence appeal

https://www.rossendalefreepress.co.uk/n ... g-14781388

Nasir Ahmed, from Haslingden, had his licence revoked by Rossendale Council

A Valley taxi driver who was cleared by a jury of sexually assaulting a schoolgirl has won a court appeal to reinstate his hackney licence.

Rossendale Council revoked Nasir Ahmed’s licence in January last year after he was accused.

Mr Ahmed, of Blackburn Road, Haslingden, was found not guilty by a jury at Preston Crown Court last month.

However, despite the acquittal, council bosses said the 54-year-old should not receive his hackney carriage licence back because he was not a ‘fit and proper person’.

Jack Troup, representing the council during an appeal against the loss of his licence at Burnley Crown Court, said the complainant had made a ‘credible statement’ and there was a ‘lower burden of proof’ for civil cases.

He told the court: “The purpose of the licensing regime is the protection of the public.

"The council needs to ensure that a person is mentally, physically and morally fit to hold a hackney carriage licence.

“He will be driving with the most vulnerable people, children, and those who are intoxicated.

“On the basis of the hearsay evidence [the teenager’s statement to police] he isn’t a fit and proper person to the civil standard.”

Salina Akhtar, representing Mr Ahmed, said he had worked for Attock Taxis in Haslingden for the last three years and previously had contracts with Lancashire County Council helping children with special needs travel to and from school.

The hearing was told that Mr Ahmed had received no complaints from children, parents, schools or the council regarding his performance.

Mr Ahmed told the court that he was an ‘honest man’, had no previous convictions or cautions and since his acquittal has completed several online child protection courses with the council.

Mohammed Ijaz, who runs Attock Taxis, said he had known Mr Ahmed for 20 years and had received ‘no complaints about his behaviour’.

The court was told that Mr Ahmed would still work for the firm and use a taxi fitted with CCTV cameras.

Recorder Neville Biddle said Mr Ahmed had ‘overwhelming grounds’ to have his licence reinstated and that the council had ‘failed to establish he is not a fit and proper person’.

He said: “We allow the appeal and we restore his licence forthwith.”

How the f*** can someone do an online child protection course?

How can the authorities actually know the individual doing the course is the individual that should be doing the course?

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IDFIMH

ermmm.... you have to register and set up a password but beyond that you can't use the same IP address as someone else it blocks you logging on for instance as I found out trying to download a certificate for one of my drivers

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

But you can change your IP address. And it doesn't stop a mate using your computer.