Charter trial continues
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THE JURY in the fake tac graph records conspiracy I at Preston Crown Court been told that some St molts made to the pc were untrue.
Philip Londsale, fellow t tic clerk David Lindley, Cl ter Roadways direct William Graham and Gor Greenwood, and the c< pany's former general it ager, Gordon McLeod, deny conspiring together with drivers to make false tries in tachograph ch (CM. March 15).
Lonsdale told Judge Ali! Bell that his statements he and other defendants ki Charter drivers were fals ing their tachograph rect were, in fact, untrue.
He did not know what motive had been in sa) what he did.
He was in a hurry to out of the building and been very confused ; frightened.
In reply to Rodney Kiel QC, prosecuting, Lons( said Graham was not av that drivers were falsif) records to cover up lit abuse. Greenwood McLeod were only awart the ones that they had caul He did not know how ni were caught.
He agreed that hay caught drivers falsifyi there was no concerted et to check charts more tl oughly.
In the majority of cases had just given the chart quick run through. He not bothered to check workload as he had thought it was necessary record it.
That instruction wo have come from McLeod whoever was on the tr; desk in 1980, when he w. driver. He had not considt that it would give a false • ture of a driver's rest. He mitted it could makt possible for a driver to s driving earlier than otherwise would have L able to.
Lonsdale maintained thal had signed each answer in statement to the police ir pective of whether or no was true. The trial continua