Jailed directors return
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by Karen Miles • Two directors both sentenced for a year in prison for falsifying tachograph charts are set to be called to public inquiry over their request to restart two haulage companies.
David Brown and Peter Housby, both directors of Penrith-based Bulmans Bulk & Haulage and Bulmans Penrith, have applied to re-start the companies, attracting objections from the Road Haulage Association and Cumbrian Police.
North West Traffic Commissioner Martin Albu is expected to call a public inquiry to study whether the repute of the two men is sufficient to allow them an Operators Licence for each company.
Any person sentenced to six months imprisonment or more has to prove their good repute before being allowed to operate goods vehicles.
Albu revoked Bulmans Bulk & Haulage's 0-licence in March 1992 after the company pleaded guilty to 16 offences of aiding and abetting drivers to falsify tachograph charts. The two men were also sentenced to a year's imprisonment.
Since the withdrawal of Bulmans Bulk Haulage's 0-licence, relatives of the two men, Hilary busby and Jason Brown, have been running Acredean Services from Bulman's original premises. Acredean has acted as a subcontractor to Bulmans. The Traffic Area office has found nothing to fault Acredean's operation.