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Whalley turns down Lambert licence bid
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• A bid for a new PSV Operator's Licence by Rotherham operator Kevin Lambert, whose previous licence was revoked after his imprisonment on firearms offences in 1988, has been rejected by North Eastern Traffic Commissioner Frederick Whalley.
Lambert had applied for an international licence for four vehicles and the hearing of his application had been adjourned earlier because Whalley wanted more information about alleged illegal operation (CM 14-20 December 1989 and 15-20 February 1990).
Though concluding that Lambert had used the licence of his girlfriend, Angela Stephens, trading as Angelina Lauri°, as a "front" to enable him to continue operating, Whalley decided to take no action against Stephens' two-vehicle licence.
Whalley said that Lambert was the owner of two coaches being used under Stephens' licence, which he claimed to lease to her. However, there was no documentary evidence as to that and no money had so far changed hands.
Lambert had been in the habit of driving one or other of those vehicles on work he had arranged himself. Consequently, said Whalley, he was satisfied that Lambert was the operator of those vehicles and thus guilty of operating them without a licence. Lambert claimed to have been employed as a driver by Stephens, without pay, though he had retained some of the money received for the work done. Lambert had allowed Stephens to operate from premises he owned without any fee.
Lambert's conduct was incompatible with the behaviour expected of a reputable PSV operator, said Whalley, and he was satisfied that Lambert had known quite well what he was doing. Whalley recorded a formal warning.