1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194 
CarTrans boss wins back his operator's licence
Page 6
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
A CAR TRANSPORTER boss who was jailed after one of his trucks knocked down and killed a pedestrian has succeeded in convincing the Traffic Commissioner he can be trusted with a new 0-licence.
But Paul Duckmanton has been warned by TC Tom Macartney that it will be revoked "on the slightest excuse" if he believes CarTrans has transgressed. A Leeds public inquiry heard Duckmanton spen t 60days in prison for perverting the course of justice after he admitted falsifying maintenance records before and after a fatal accident in Southampton (CM 7 October2004).The drive r, Mic hae I Roberts, mounted a pavement and hit 78-year-old Joyce McVey when his brakes failed. Duckmanton subsequently lost his 0-licence.
For Duckmanton, Paul Carless said: "It's cost this man an experience that would shatter many men. He's been to prison; he has legal costs of £500,000 and has had personal problems. It has deterred him frornever doing anything again to put him in that position."
The inquiry heard Duckmanton implemented better systems in his business to ensure his firm remained within the law.
Macartney asked Duckmanton to imagine the chief executive of road safety charity Brake and a relative of McVey were sat opposite him and convince me that you are going to be perfect, squeaky clean for the rest of your career".
Summing up, the TC said: -You are on a knife-edge. If 1 have any inkling there's something wrong with your company, particularly with documentation, I will take your licence away."