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laulier jailed
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'CIS Brown, 69, a former director of ide Carriers (1963) Ltd of Cleveland >een jailed after a corruption trial British Steel Corporation haulage acts.
)wn, of Middlesbrough, one-time man of the Northern region of the Haulage Association was found by a jury at Teesside Crown court ibing Denis Calaghan, former traffic tger for BSC on South Teesside.
laghan was cleared by the jury of iptly accepting two payments of cash which Brown gave him in 1973 [974.
iother BSC official, Ivor Thomas, tperintendent was convicted of three imen charges of accepting gifts ling 040 from Teesside Carriers as iducement to show favour in 1970, and 1976.
nding Brown to jail for one year, le Angus Stroyan said: "It is quite that you thought you could buy way into business by dishonestly upting the work people in lower s of organisations you were dealwith. I accept that you did not start the bribery pay, but you could and should have stopped it a long time ago.
"Instead you encouraged them to betray their employers by paying money behind their backs.
"You behaved in a dishonest and unscrupulous way and it is very sad to see a man of your otherwise good character standing here," said Judge Stroyan.
Brown pleaded not guilty with the two BSC officials who had told the jury that Calaghan and Thomas had both helped him, out of normal office hours, to work out a master plan which would benefit all the road hauliers who dealt with British Steel on Teesside.
The plan was drawn up because British Steel was considering major developments which would require massive increases in haulage commitment.
But he denied paying the gift with a View to obtaining business for Teesside Carriers at the expense of any other haulier.
Judge Stroyan asked for a medical report from the prison doctor and said that if it showed Brown was not fit to serve the sentence, he would review it.