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10/12/2014
Belfast Taxi Driver Fined £1,000
A Belfast taxi operator has been fined £1,000 for four taxi operator offences today at Belfast Magistrates Court.
Roderick Hassan, trading as A1 Taxis, Union Street, Belfast, was convicted and fined £200 for keeping false and/or misleading taxi booking records and providing a false statement.
He was also fined £100 for failing to keep booking records and £500 for providing a taxi service using an unlicensed vehicle.
The charges followed examinations by DVA Enforcement Officers who stopped an unlicensed vehicle working for Roderick Hassan on 2 February this year.
When the officers then visited the taxi operator depot and examined the booking records, it was found that they were missing information and that some records had been altered.
(IT/JP)
Roderick Hassan, trading as A1 Taxis, Union Street, Belfast, was convicted and fined £200 for keeping false and/or misleading taxi booking records and providing a false statement.
He was also fined £100 for failing to keep booking records and £500 for providing a taxi service using an unlicensed vehicle.
The charges followed examinations by DVA Enforcement Officers who stopped an unlicensed vehicle working for Roderick Hassan on 2 February this year.
When the officers then visited the taxi operator depot and examined the booking records, it was found that they were missing information and that some records had been altered.
(IT/JP)
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