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1ACHII FIE West Bromwich magistrates fined Burnley lorry driver John Birkett £1315 with £200 costs after he admitting falsifying a tachograph chart and taking insufficient daily rest.
DRAKE FAULT
Using a vehicle with defective brakes cost Thomas Ellis, trading as Ellis Plant Hire, of 13edeiwyciden, £455 in fines and costs when he appeared before Flirdshire magistrates. Driver Michael Mooney, was fined £140 with £55 costs.
WRONG SENTENCE
The Transport Tribunal has directed North Eastern IC Keith Waterworth to reconsider his decision to revoke the licence held by Guisboroughbased Craig Colledge. The callup letter referred to a fourmonth prison sentence which in fact was three months.
LICENCE LOST
Chichester International haulier Nines Tsokas has lost his appeal against the revocation of his licence after he failed to appear at a disciplinary inquiry before South Eastern & Metropolitan IC Brigadier Michael Turner.
SENTENCE ADJOURNED
Tradeteam drivers Michael Kent and Andrew Godfrey pleaded guilty to 24 offences of driving for over 4.5 hours without a 45-minute break when they appeared before the Wolverhampton magistrates. Sentence was adjourned until after the company's trial for permitting the offences, which is scheduled for April.