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Contractor carried on regardless

19th December 1996
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Keywords : Packaging, Pallet

• A Fareham haulier who continued to distribute pallets for the Ministry of Defence despite having his Operator's Licence revoked nearly two years ago has been refused a new licence. In January 1995, Frenny Doe, trading as Pallets UK, lost his 0-licence after a public inquiry heard Doe had been sent to prison after being found guilty of receiving stolen pallets. Last week the operator, who was subsequently Freed on appeal but admitted continuing to trade, had his application turned down after appealing to Western Traffic Commissioner John Mervyn Pugh that he "wanted to be back in the system".

Colin Ward, representing Doe, said he had been quickly released from prison after the appeal and hod resumed work for the MOD—the organisation from which the pallets were supposedly stolen—this showed the error of the conviction. He also told the inquiry that he now had a new transport manager. But the inquiry was also told that since Doe's licence had been revoked his vehicles had been stopped on a number of occasions and one had been found failing to display a tax disc, Refusing the application, Mervyn Pugh said in his opinion continuing to trade without an 0-licence meant Doe had not established good repute. However he invited him to return in six months when a new application could be made.


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