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Judge dismisses licence bid from jailed haulier's ex-wife
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By Chris T ndatt THE SAGA involving Jennifer Graves' bid for an 0-licence following a litany of public inquiries and appeals has struck another hurdle after the Transport Tribunal dismissed her appeal against an application refusal.
Earlier this year. the Scottish Traffic Commissioner Joan Aitken found that Graves had failed to satisfy her as to her repute to hold a licence for five vehicles and five trailers and trade as J Holland Haulage (`Wife of jailed haulier fails in 0-licence bid', CM 3 April).
Her appeal against this decision has now been dismissed by Judge Jacqueline Beech.
Graves is the ex-wife of haulage operator Martin Graves, who was jailed for four years in 2003 after being convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence and for making false tachograph records.
Her previous attempt at applying for a licence to run a haulage company failed after the Eastern IC found she had not taken any steps to address the shortcomings in her husband's vehicle operation and that she was not of good repute. Two further inquiries in 2007 regarding impounded vehicles also drew -obvious" links with her ex-husband, who, she insisted, she had distanced herself from.
Her latest application included running two operating centres on the island of Stronsay in Orkney where she would he the nominated transport manager. At the public inquiry, she told Aitken there were operators much worse than her and she had many ideas to improve services on the island. But the IC described Graves' background as "horrendous" and that her husband had been responsible for one of the most significant cases of operator non-compliance. It was a business she had continued with after his imprisonment even though she didn't have a licence.
Beech acknowledged that one of Graves' vehicles had been returned following an appeal, but added that this wouldn't have altered Aitken's decision.
She said: "The non-compliance history of the appellant speaks for itself. She took responsibility for a haulage operation in 2003 which had been so badly operated that her former husband had been convicted of manslaughter.
"The appellant's evidence was unsatisfactory and the TC was entitled to come to the conclusion she did."
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