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Pole's poor English ' led to overload

15th November 2007
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A STOKE-ON-TRENT wholesale delivery irm which employed Polish truck drivers to -lap save it from going bankrupt has been fined E2,000 for overloading a vehicle after one of the Poles failed to understand instructions.

A&A Wholesale Supplies (UK). which lelivers to convenience stores, admitted a charge )f overloading.

Ron Lees, prosecuting for Vosa, said an A&A /chicle was stopped for a routine check off the vI6 at Birmingham and found to be overloaded )y1,170kg.

A&A MD Ali Laksari told the court he had akenoverthe business to save it from bankruptcy End used Polish drivers to make deliveries.

"The overloading wasn't done on purpose," he dded."The Polish driver's English wasn't good. :)ur aim is to survive and a new system has been ntroduced.We've been given sound advice from business expert,veh icles are being changed and new man is running our delivery fleet."

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