Convicted thief's licence bid is rejeded
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A COMPANY formed by a man with a conviction for armed robbery has lost its hid for an 0-licence.
Tamworth-based Fast Track Deliveries had sought a four-vehicle licence before West Midland Traffic Commissioner Nick Jones.
Director David Storey agreed he had been convicted of armed robbery in 1995 and jailed for eight years. Further convictions for shoplifting, handling stolen property and licence condition breaches in 2001 had led to a I6-month prison sentence. He had also been given 160 hours community service in March 2006 for threatening behaviour.
The •TC said the proposed transport manager had withdrawn and wanted to know the source of the £16,000 cash Storey had produced at the counter at the Leeds office. Storey said he had produced cash after being told to do so by the Leeds office because his bank account did not show £16,000 over a threemonth period. The money was made up of the proceeds of the sale of his car, loans from family members and part of a bank loan.
He was currently using 3.5-tonne Luton vans, but the business was slowly "going down the tube" because he could not make the amount of money that he could with 7.5-tonners.
Another person had agreed to act as his transport manager and he intended to take the CPC exam himself next year but he did not have a written agreement with his proposed transport manager.