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A Lancashire haulage company which was fined 1500 despite denying any knowledge that one of its drivers had used a wire to earth out his tachograph is to appeal to Liverpool Crown Court.
Preston-based Ian Parkinson Haulage is appealing against its conviction by South Sefton magistrates on a charge of using a vehicle when the tachograph was not installed in accordance with the regulations and against the amount of the fine.
The magistrates heard that when one of the company's vehicles was stopped a traffic examiner found a wire which would cut the power to the tachograph, enabling the driver to work longer than the regulations allowed.
Managing director Ian Parkinson said he had no knowledge of the wire; he pointed out that it would only have taken the driver a couple of minutes to fit it.
Defending, Michael Cunningham argued that the tachograph was working and had not been interfered with when the vehicle was stopped. It was properly calibrated and fitted with the relevant seals. He maintained that the prosecution had failed to prove its case.
The magistrates convicted the company after being told that Carlisle Crown Court had upheld the conviction of Claymore Transport (Rothienorman) in a similar case.
The appeals were adjourned until the middle of September after Liverpool Crown Court was told that the hearing would last haff a day