,Drivers Told to Disregard Law " A LLEGATIONS that drivers wen instructed
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not to observe statuton working hours and speed limits wen made by Mr. H.' Bowesfield, of, Norti Ormesby, a' former employee of Ulf R.oad Haulage Executive, when hi Voluntarily gave evidence at Thorn.abY on Tees last week, in support" of ',tws drivers'. who appeared " on charges." -o fraud. -. Representatives of the R.H.E denied the allegations.
.Stanley Robinson and Renjarnit Pratt, both of Thorrtaliy,. Were prose cuted for the fraudulent, conversiono monies by means of falsifying account for overnight subsistence expenses,
• The defendants' driving records se down specific departure and arriva times upon which their wages wer, limed. These. were " found to b. incorrect as. the result of police check on parked vehicles.
Pratt, who with Robinson pleade, guilty, said that with regard to on journey he could. not have delivere, the load in the required. time if he hat complied with the law. He saw nothin, wrongin making out, his records a if he had observed the law, and claim ing the overtime and sUbsistene expenses he was not entitled to.
Both defendants were found guilt and fines totalling £30 were imposed.