Taylor's 104 charges
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A PENDING appeal against a three-year jail sentence and conviction for handling stolen vehicles and excise licences by Lichfield haulier Philip Leo Taylor has led to the adjournment until May 2 of 104 charges against him, alleging a variety of offences which have been brought by the West Midlands Licensing Authority.
Mr Taylor, who traded as Taylor's Transport, faces nine charges of the fraudulent use of excise licenses, 11 of making false declarations in order to obtain excise licences, six of possessing forged photostat test certificates, 25 of possessing documents closely resembling forged test certificates and three of possessing forged licence identity discs.
The remainder of the charges are 13 of operating vehicles without test certificates, 30 of operating vehicles without excise licences, four of failing to surrender licence identity discs, one of possessing a forged plating certificate, one of possessing a forged vehicle registration document and one of possessing a forged international journey permit.
Back duty of £23,858.63 is being claimed.
Asking for an adjournment before the Lichfield magistrates, Fred Philpott defending, said there was some overlap between the present case and the offences concerned in Mr Taylor's convictions at Stoke Crown Court (CM, December 15, 1983). If the appeal succeeded, the majority of the present charges would be contested. However, if the appeal failed a different view might be taken.