Twinkle pay for little scars
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NORFOLK HAULIER, Twinkle Transport Ltd, of Sprowston, is being allowed to pay £210 in fines and costs in instalments of £50 a week. Norwich magistrates accepted this would enable the company to continue trading.
Twinkle admitted two charges of not having MoT plates fixed securely to vehicles, and eight charges of using unauthorised vehicles. It was fined £30 on each of the plating offences, and £15 on each of the unauthorised use charges, and was ordered to pay £30 costs.
For the company, it was said that it held a licence for three vehicles, and had applied to the Eastern Licensing Authority to add three vehicles and six trailers to its national licence.
The unauthorised use charges had arisen through a misunderstanding of the regulations, as Twinkle thought that any three vehicles were covered, even when a fourth was bought. The application for additional vehicles had now been lodged, and the company was waiting to hear the result from the LA. The plating offences were the result of the carelessness of one of the directors.
Asking for time to pay the fines imposed, a solicitor representing the company said it was owned by two brothers in poor financial circumstances. The company was solvent with two paid up shares of £100. The vehicles were on hire purchase, and the brothers drew £50 each per week in wages. They asked for leniency to allow them to continue trading, and they could afford to pay at the rate of £50 per week.