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Article: Taxi driver banned after sting.
- Article from:
- Lancashire Evening Post (Preston, England)
- Article date:
- July 12, 2008
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A taxi driver has been banned from the trade after being caught out illegally plying for trade in a "sting".
Father-of-four Arshad Mahmood was collared picking up passengers while acting as a Hackney cab driver and breaching the terms of his licence.
Judge Anthony Russell QC said the ruling should send out a message to other drivers tempted to break the rules.
Private hire driver Mahmood, 37, was appealing at Preston Crown Court after being banned for life at an earlier hearing following the sting by council officers.
Officers approached Mahmood in Preston and asked to be taken to a destination and he agreed to do so.
David Hercock, prosecuting, told the ...
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