Payment of fines evidence needed
Page 21
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
• Consideration of disciplinary action against Birmingham haulier Linford Riley has been adjourned for three weeks to enable him to produce evidence that he paid outstanding fines and for further financial information.
Riley, who trades as Riley Transport, of Aston, with a licence for one vehicle, appeared before West Midland Traffic Commissioner John Mervyn Pugh.
For Riley, Michael Carless said the licence had been granted after Riley had been convicted at Nuneaton of using a vehicle without an 0-licence and without insurance, and of having no LGV driving licence. Riley had driven vehicles of up to 7,5 tonnes for many years, said Carless. Riley was then out of work for three years. He then purchased a lorry without realising what the implications were, and began operating, Carless said. Pointing out that Riley now employed a driver. Carless said he had been disqualified from driving under the totting up provisions after being convicted of using vehicles without insurance by Birmingham magistrates.
After Riley had said that he was paying the Birmingham fines off at the rate of £20 a week and that there was a balance outstanding of £.1,800, Mervyn Pugh said that put his financial standing in doubt.
Maintaining that the Nuneaton fines had been paid, Riley said he would get the money and pay off the Birmingham fines within seven days, He would borrow the money from the bank until he got paid by his customers.
Adjourning the proceedings, Mervyn Pugh said that he would need to be satisfied that Riley had at least £2,500 available for the maintenance of his vehicle after the fines had been paid.