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A retired operator professes to having done a 'silly thing' by lending his O-licence disc to his successor as magistrates fine both men.
A RETIRED haulier has narrowly escaped jail for lending an O-licence disc to the operator taking over his business. The offence cost the two men £1,550 in fines and costs.
Stephen Blackman of Romford, Essex pleaded guilty to using a goods vehicle for hire and reward when he did not hold an O-licence. The retiring operator, Richard Evans of Haverhill, Suffolk, pleaded guilty to lending an O-licence identity disc to...