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Hearing delay offers lucky break
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Mil A Liverpool skip
operator has escaped wtth Its licence intact despite serious concerns about its repute, thanks to a six-month delay between a disciplinary hearing and Its decision.
Wavertree-based Keeley Jones had initially appeared before the North Western
Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell last December. However, Bell's four-month absence earlier this year meant that no decision on the case had been made.
In fact, Bell says that If she had made a decision at the original inquiry she would have revoked the licence, but because the threat had been hanging over Jones for so long she was going to conskier suspension instead.
Jones Is the daughter of Marguerite and James Jones
who have had a troubled relationship with the kensMg authorities. In July 2002 a licence held by Marguerite Jones was revoked because of VED problems, the use of a prohibited vehicle and of an unauthorised operating centre, and falling to notify a change In maintenance arrangements (CM 17-23 August 2000). In March 2002 a vehicle being operated Illegally by James Jones was subsequently Impounded (CM Mar 7-13 2002). He was later
ordered to pay £1,350 in fines and costs for a series of offences discovered when the vehicle was detained (CMMay 0-14 20021.
Keeley Jones was then granted a licence In May 2002 but was called to the disciplinary hearing last December because of concerns over maintenance and questions over who was operating the vehicle.
Evidence was given of severe maintenance problems including an immediate prohibition and the fact that James Jones was repairing the vehicle instead of the nominated contractor. James was also driving it when It was given a delayed prohibition on 15 April.
Suspending the licence for 10 days, the IC said that she would ask the Vi to carry out full maintenance and tachograph checks as soon as possible and if there were further problems the case would be "fast tracked" to a Public Inquiry within a matter of weeks. tt was clear that Keeley Jones had forged her own career and was seeking to help her father.
"I am quite convinced your father is operating the vehicle with you," she told Jones.
"If you want to continue you have got to get it right. The choice, Miss Jones, is yours."