Post by The Dark Knight on Nov 18, 2023 9:35:06 GMT
Male driver who 'took advantage of lone and vulnerable female passengers' refused taxi licence
Another motorist said his partner ran a 'legitimate balloon business' after 16,000 nitrous oxide cannisters were found in his car
Drivers who faced allegations about drugs and taking advantage of female passengers have been refused taxi licences by councillors.
Stockton Council's general licensing committee has considered cases of taxi drivers applying or re-applying for hackney carriage and private hire licences. They decided three separate unnamed drivers were not "fit and proper" to hold licences because of past allegations against them, according to minutes of their meetings.
One concerned a driver who lost his licence in 2018 after two complaints of alleged inappropriate conduct towards female passengers. He denied the allegations to licensing officers but the committee decided it was more likely than not "he had taken advantage of lone and vulnerable female passengers", a decision later upheld by Teesside magistrates.
www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/male-driver-who-took-advantage-28116188
Another motorist said his partner ran a 'legitimate balloon business' after 16,000 nitrous oxide cannisters were found in his car
Drivers who faced allegations about drugs and taking advantage of female passengers have been refused taxi licences by councillors.
Stockton Council's general licensing committee has considered cases of taxi drivers applying or re-applying for hackney carriage and private hire licences. They decided three separate unnamed drivers were not "fit and proper" to hold licences because of past allegations against them, according to minutes of their meetings.
One concerned a driver who lost his licence in 2018 after two complaints of alleged inappropriate conduct towards female passengers. He denied the allegations to licensing officers but the committee decided it was more likely than not "he had taken advantage of lone and vulnerable female passengers", a decision later upheld by Teesside magistrates.
www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/male-driver-who-took-advantage-28116188