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Transport manager loses repute after 'duping' and 'misleading operators
A TRANSPORI manager nominated on seven 0-licences has lost his repute after it was found he had tricked two of his employers into operating on bogus 0-licences. They subsequently reported him to the police.
In finding that Hugh McInnes, of Kinross, had lost his repute, the Scottish Ti-affic Commissioner Joan Aitken said that if she had the power to disqualify a transport manager, she would have disqualified him for a long time.
Traffic examiner James Sweetin said that Glasgowbased William Stirling, trading as BE Transport, employed McInnes to be his transport manager, paying him £1,600 in fees. Stirling was supplied with a fraudulent 0-licence issued by McInnes, who "grossly misled" him as to the requirements of the goods vehicle operator licence regime.
Evidence was submitted that McInnes had "duped" two operators who seemed to be operating on the same 0-licence.
McInnes was nominated on the licence held by Glasgow-based Dylan McKelvie. However, an application was sent by Airdriebased Freshfare quoting a licence number that was McKelvie's and asking for a change of transport manager from McInnes.
Director Patrick Callaghan said he had used McInnes in 2004 to get an 0-licence. McInnes provided him with a licence document that showed the company's name and address and a licence number, which, in fact, was McKelvie's licence number.
McKelvie said he did not pass his licence document to McInnes. Callaghan phoned him and said he had been "shafted" by McInnes for thousands of pounds, having thought he was on McKelvie's licence. McKelvie told him he could not have been because he was not operating and had sent his licence back.
Callaghan said that from November 2004 the company had been operating on a bogus licence.
He and Stirling went to the police about McInnes. Co-director Sarah Strang said a worry for them was that not having a licence meant their insurance was invalidated. They had thought their business was legitimate.
Other operators told the TC that McInnes had not carried out his duties as transport manager for some time due to ill health.