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Potteries Operator Heavily Fined
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HEAVY penalties were imposed on a Longport (Stoke-on-Trent) haulier and seven of his drivers when they appeared last week before Mr. G. Smallwood, stipendiary magistrate for the potteries, May 27, charged with hours and records offences. The case was a sequel to an accident which took place in Gloucestershire in the early hours of November I last, in which the driver of a vehicle belonging to Mr. John Jenks, Longport, was killed. The offences before the court covered a period of six weeks from the beginning of September to the middle of October 1963.
There were 113 charges of failing to cause drivers to keep proper records, of permitting drivers to work excessive hours, and of failing • to ensure that drivers took proper consecutive hours of rest. For their part in the offences the seven drivers were fined a total of £226. There were a further six charges against Jenks in connection with the activities of the dead man, Mr. D. Craddock. Jenks was fined a total of £714 on the foregoing charges and a further £210 on another seven charges concerning the use of an unauthorized vehicle; he was also ordered to pay 100 guineas advocate's fee. The prosecution on behalf of the West Midland Licensing Authority was conducted by Mr. V. A. McKnight.
Pleas of guilty were entered by the defendants, all of whom were represented by Mr. W. R. Handforth. In a plea of mitigation Mr. Handforth said that following his appearance before the magistrate, Jenks would probably have to appear before the Licensing Authority to show cause why his licence should not be suspended. The business had become too much for Jenks to cope with he had been threatened with the loss of an important contract and this work had now in fact been taken away.