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Loyalty is misplaced between drivers
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TWO TRUCK DRIVERS convicted of perverting the course of justice after falsely claiming the other was driving when caught speeding have had their LGV driving licences suspended for eight and 10 weeks respectively by North-Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner Elizabeth Perrett, On 25 April 2006 a vehicle belonging to Castlefordbased Kenneth Howley Transport was detected exceeding the 30mph speed limit in Tiddington. Oxfordshire.The firm indicated that Matthew Dockerty was the driver and he was sent the appropriate forms. Their return indicated that James Castlehouse was the driver. The relevant tachograph chart showed Dockerty was in fact the driver at the time. Both men were arrested for perverting the course of justice.
Subsequently, Dockerty was fined £700 and his licence endorsed with three penalty points, and Castlehouse fined £500 at Oxford Crown Court.
Castlehouse told the DTC that Dockerty already had 11 penalty points on his licence and he had agreed to take the points to stop him losing his job. It had never crossed his mind that it was illegal. He was to be paid £250 but in fact no money ever changed hands.
He said suspension of his LGV licence would put him on the dole and as he was 44 he would be unlikely to get anotherjob.
Dockerty had been truly horrified by the whole incident from start to finish and Castlehouse's loyalty to his friend, while understandable,had been misplaced.