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A TAXI service in Redditch was being operated by four drivers who were not properly insured, Worcester Crown Court was told. Abdul Khan, a principal in Abbey Taxis, had lied that all the drivers were over the age of 25 and had given false dates of birth, said Stefan Kolodynski, prosecuting.

He had saved about £2,000 by taking out insurance with a company which did not insure any driver under the age of 25. The deception was revealed when Redditch Council officials did a spot check.

Khan, now 25, of Other Road in the town centre, pleaded guilty to obtaining services by deception. He was given a six-month jail sentence suspended for two years and ordered to do 180 hours unpaid community work. He was also disqualified from driving for three months and ordered to pay £964.40 court costs.

Abbey Taxis was a family business which had since been sold, said Abigail Nixon, defending. Khan, a man of previous good character. He had perpetrated "a stupid, money-saving deceit," she added. He was aware there had been potential serious consequences to the public through lack of insurance.

He was not the brains behind the idea and was now working as a mechanic, the court was told. Judge Alistair McCreath described the offence as "premeditated greed" which had put the public at risk through invalid insurance.

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IDFIMH

Are you taking note NO TIPS, yet another of your trade letting the side down, do you get the message now mate or do i have trawl through the whole site pointing each and every one out to you.

Nah that would be lowering myself down to your standards but i think you get the gist, basicly your taxi side is not all heirs and graces, the only difference is i am prepared to state its the odd few who let your side down just like ours and im prepared to let the good guys live their lives, now how about it, im offering you a truce here, take it or leave it fella!!!

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Legal and proud

Loads a love from BERTIE !!

Kirmit I quite agree with you....
You got your bad boys and so do we.
But our top guys we look up to. They dont show off about beating the syestem ,With a back door self drive syestem at its best is questionable & all your lot think they are gods in doing it.

Why is it questionable? If the vehicle is hired to the customer and the customer hires a driver who is properly licensed and insured to drive that vehicle I can't see a problem.

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Grandad,

I shall take that as a truce then!!!

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Legal and proud

Loads a love from BERTIE !!

The whole oporation is none regulated, no oporater, no checks on drivers hours or sutability to drive vulnerable drunk girls about or to take children.No 10 weekly checks on vehicles etc, insurance policys still being investigated, At the end of the day who is responceble for the vehile at the time the passengers are onboard.????????
to many ifs

Because somewhere along the line someone has got to have an ops license to work.

Be they PH or PSV.

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IDFIMH