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A PARTIALLY-SIGHTED driver and his son were tenced to three months' ja Newcastle upon Tyne mi trates court for falsifyin medical certificate obtaining an hgv licence by deception.
Abraham Anthony Stev 54, of Walker, Newcastle u Tyne, realised, in 1972, tha would have difficulty in p ing the medical examina required to obtain an driving licence because he blind in one eye.
So, the court was told, son, also Abraham Stev took the medical examina in his place, signing the IT cal certificate in the pres( of the doctor.
He also signed the licence application instea, his father.
When the elder Stev applied for the renewal of driving licence, last year signed the application him The discrepancy betvk the signatures was notice the Traffic Area office after enquiries by senior tn examiner C. S. Hastwel prosecution was brought.
Father and son charged jointly with fon an application for an driving licence; forgin medical certificate; obtaining an hgv drk licence by deception. The father was charged with tering a forged application ,r an hgv driving licence; :tering a forged medical atificate; and making a false atement that he had no sability in applying for the ,newel of his hgv driving ence.
Stewart Snr. was sentenced 'three months on each of five 'charges. The sentences are to run concurrently.
He was granted an absolute discharge on the offence of making a false hgv driving licence renewal application.
His son was sentenced to three months' imprisonment on each of three charges, and these are also to run concurrently.