Fines hold up licence
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• A Tamworth owner-driver, convicted of offences involving a stolen vehicle, has bid for a new international licence. But the inquiry considering Kenneth Eaglesfield's bid was adjourned for a second time by West Midland Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh.
Eaglesfield, who trades as RE International, of Bodymoor Green Farm, Coventry Road, Kingsbury, Tamworth, was seeking a licence for one vehicle and trailer. He is currently operating under interim authority.
In July 1992 at Warwick Crown Court, Eaglesfield was given a three-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, for an offence involving the theft of an HGV.
He was also fined £200 for the fraudulent use of an excise licence, £200 for the fraudulent use of documents, £200 for using a vehicle without insurance, and £50 for the fraudulent use of a mark or sign.
When the inquiry resumed, the LA said that, on the last occasion, Eaglesfield said he was bankrupt, but that now appeared not to be the case. However, there were outstanding fines.
The LA pointed out that none of the convictions was declared on the application form. He said if they had been declared an interim licence would never have been granted.
After the LA had said Eaglesfield was not going to get a licence until he was satisfied those penalties had been paid, Carless said the difficulty was where to pay. The Crown Court had no record and neither did Eaglesfield's local magis. trates. Adjourning the hearing until 26 September, Mervyn Pugh said Eaglesfield gained an advantage by deceiving the Traffic Area over the convictions. A bank balance of £6,345 would not have been there but for the interim licence.
Pugh warned there was still no guarantee that Eaglesfield was going to get a licence, saying that he would need to know a lot more about the circumstances of the Warwick convictions.