LICBICE CURTAILED North Western TC Beverley Bell has curtailed the
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licence held by Eric Hale, trading as Cheshire Site Preparations, from five vehicles to one for 28 days. Hale had been using an unauthorised operating centre and there were concerns about maintenance and tachographs.
ISSIEFNIENT ROT A daily rest offence, described by a traffic examiner as the worst he had seen in 10 years, cost Irish driver Michael Lawless £570 in fines and costs. Lawless failed to appear before Chester magistrates.
CASE WENS Dewsbury magistrates have sent Batley lorry driver Lee Foley to Leeds Crown Court for sentence after he pleaded guilty to 25 offences of falsifying tachograph records.
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Taxing vehicles which mainly operate abroad at the private light goods rate has led to the revocation of the licence held by Leominster international haulier Nigel Reynolds. Reynolds, who traded as N&M International, appeared before West Midland TC David Dixon at a Shrewsbury disciplinary inquiry.
SWITCH GLITCH A tachograph interrupter switch has led to the licence held by Denny-based John and Linda Keith being curtailed by one vehicle for one week. The Keiths hold a licence for five vehicles and 12 trailers; they appeared before Scottish IC Michael Betts in Edinburgh.