Boss didn't declare convictions • Swansea-based RC Haulage has had
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its licence revoked at a Cardiff disciplinary inquiry. The company's managing director failed to declare convictions recorded against him when it applied for a licence. In addition, South Wales Traffic Commissioner John Mervyn Pugh disqualified managing director Roger Spencer from holding or obtaining a licence until 2003.
The hearing had earlier been adjourned for confirmation of Spencer's criminal record (CM 2-8 April).
The revocation of the licence, which authorised the operation of four vehicles and five trailers, came after the Commissioner received confirmation that Spencer had been convicted of assaulting a police officer and a traffic warden, using an untaxed vehicle, deception, attempting to pervert the course of justice, fraud involving the benefits agency, drinking and driving, and driving while disqualified. Mervyn Pugh commented that the licence should never have been granted originally.
For the company, Paul Carless maintained that Spencer was now a reformed character. He said that he had operated the company impeccably for 12 months. Spencer accepted that he had not properly completed the application form but he was under the impression that convictions over five years old were "spent".
Revoking the licence and imposing the disqualification order, Mervyn Pugh said that although he was sorry 20 people would lose their jobs, his duty was to the public and the road haulage industry