PERMIT CHARGES SHORT MANAGER CLEARED HAULS FTER a 21-day trial
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an interitional freight manager was eared at Cardiff Crown ourt on Friday of allegations [at he forged international oad freight permits.
Alfred Fitzpatrick, 45, of ardiff, was found not guilty a total of 30 charges.
These involved forging and :tering false permits, pos.ssing paper for use in forTy, stealing a freight permit id a carnet de passage and shonestly handling them. The jury retired for two and half hours before reaching ieir verdict. • " Mr Alan Jones, prosecuting, leged that the offences were )mmitted in 1975 when Mr itzpatrick was employed by idustrial Fuels Transportaon Ltd, Transport Forwardig Services Ltd, and Welsh iternational Transport Serices.
Mr Jones alleged that iroughout Britain there was widespread abuse" of the ermit issuing system.
He said that the offences .elated to the forgery of periits allowing freight to be taken to EEC countries, in particular Germany and Austria.
Mr Fitzpatrick was arrested a year ago when he returned from a holiday in Spain. He is now registered as a disabled person following a stroke.
He told the jury that he did not forge or utter any permits. He said he was not responsible for issuing the permits, this was always handled by another employee.