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• A bid for a new two-vehicle licence by Gillian Bayliss, trading as SML Express Freight, of Ledbury, was turned down when she failed to appear at a Birmingham public inquiry. West Midland DTC Alan Cattell said that in her absence he could not be satisfied about the financial requirements.
Serious charges
• Macclesfield magistrates have decided that charges against Perth driver Frazer Banks following an accident on the M6 are so serious that they should be dealt with at Chester Crown Court. Banks is accused of dangerous driving and falsifying tachograph charts..
Historic escape
• Hertfordshire haulier Wagstaff Transport escaped with a warning at a Cambridge disciplinary inquiry. Eastern DTC Ian Fowler accepted arguments from Jonathan Lawton, for the company, that the reorganised management should not be held responsible for the historic poor maintenance record.
No prosecutor
• West Drayton-based Sweeney Transport, and its driver John Purcell, were acquitted of overloading charges when the prosecutor from the VI failed to turn up. High Wycombe magistrates accepted arguments from Chris Butterfield, defending, that the charges should be dismissed for want of prosecution.