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Hours offences driving horses
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Drivers' hours offences and falsification of tachograph records have led to Malpas, Cheshire, racehorse transporter Richard Francis and three drivers paying fines and costs totalling £2,900.
Francis pleaded guilty before Chester magistrates to one offence of falsification, one of exceeding the daily driving limit and two of taking insufficient daily rest. He was fined £1,350 with 1100 costs.
Ernest Dilworth pleaded guilty to five offences of falsifi
cation, one of aiding and abetting Francis to falsify a chart, three of driving for more than 4.5 hours without the required break, and 13 daily driving and rest offences. He was fined £800 with £100 costs.
David Sherlock pleaded guilty to three daily driving and three daily rest offences, and was fined 1300 with £100 costs.
Ian Wynn pleaded guilty to one daily rest offence, and was fined £50 with £100 costs.
Prosecuting for the Vehicle Inspectorate. Albert Oldfield said the offences were found at a routine check of tachograph records. The self-employed drivers moved racehorses for Francis.
Dilworth had falsely dated a chart to show he had taken a 24hour rest in Ireland when it had been a continuous journey. Dilworth had also put his name on one chart and Francis entered his name on another to give the impression of a doublemanned journey when Dilworth had driven.
When interviewed, Dilworth had said it had just been a case of getting the horses to their destination. Sherlock had said he thought that if he was not driving the next day he could catch up on his rest. Wynn had said he was not aware of the regulations. It was the second time he had driven for Francis and it was his first international journey.