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Confiscation is the end of the road
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AN OPERATOR has slammed the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) for impounding his truck because of his lack of financial standing after he blamed his £300,000 debt on an ex-employee.
John Keeping from Keeping Transport says VOSA ignored his pleas to keep his truck so that he could try and salvage the business and pay off his debt. He says the agency knew the position he was left in by his secretary, who was previously imprisoned for 23 fraud-related offences.
He adds: "Due to VOSA not giving me the chance to pay a fine,I had to lay my last driver of 14 years off. The vehicle in question is not owned by the company.
"1 bought the vehicle for cash out of my own pocket and rented it out to the company, soil still belongs to me," he explains.
The WesternTraflicArea Office says Western TC Phillip Brown revoked Keeping Transport's 0-licence, but he did sympathise with Keeping's predicament by not making a disqualification order and saying he could apply for a new licence at any time. The TAO adds: "The truck, which was impounded on 23 October 2003, was being used without a licence.
"An appeal to the Transport Tribunal for its return was dismissed: it was unable to take into account any of the corn passionate grounds for returning the impounded vehicle since legislation provides no such discretion.
"Following this decision VOSA disposed of the truck."