Complus and empioyees face tacho trial
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A MAJOR TRIAL involving two Lancashire haulage companies, three directors and two traffic clerks and 21 lorry drivers who are accused of conspiring to gather to falsify tachograph charts has beetn adjourned at Preston Crown Court until the beginning of January.
The two companies, Charter Roadways of Bamber Bridge and Sableglow of Fleetwood, the three directors, William Graham of Preston, Gordon Greenwood of Clirheroe and Gordon McLeod of Blackpool; the traffic clerks. Phillips Lonsdale of Chorley and David Lindley of 13isphain, are all accused of conspiring together with the drivers to falsify tachograph charts Twenty one drivers — Andrew Atkinson. Anthony Brown, Andrew Day. James !Intern, Dermot O'Brien, Kenneth Poppleton, Christopher Prince, Michael Scothern, Barry Rich, Alan Wynn. Robert Rogers, Anthony Westwood, Robert Blair, Stewart Taylor, John Vincent, Terence Huntritf, Ilarold Eckersall, Peter Walker, Alan McLeod, Mark Smith and Thomas Hadaik arc accused of Iwo offences of making false entries in a tachograph chart.
Graham, Greenwood, Gordon McLeod, Lansdale and Lindley are accused of 84 counts of aiding and abetting the drivers to make false entries, Charter Roadways 82 such offences and Sahleglow two offences.