by admin | Jan 20, 2012 | Minicab
THORNTON HEATH, SOUTH LONDON; ERITH, KENT A pensioner who raped a drunken passenger 16 years ago was jailed for just five years today (Tues). Cypriot Mustafa Hassan, now 68, attacked the woman as he drove her home following a night out celebrating her 29th birthday in...
by admin | Jan 20, 2012 | Minicab, Taxi
By Thomas The Taxi Taxi drivers are to be subject to enhanced background checks under new proposals announced yesterday. Proposals will allow taxi licensing authorities to carry out enhanced criminal records checks on their drivers before they are issued with a...
by admin | Jan 20, 2012 | Minicab, Taxi
Helen Chapman, Deputy Director of London Taxi & Private Hire, said: “Touting in London is a significant issue. As far as we are concerned there was clear evidence that this company did not operate this private hire service in line with their clear legal...
by admin | Dec 23, 2011 | Minicab
A minicab driver who left his passengers screaming in terror after running over a homeless man in the West End was convicted of manslaughter today. Imran Raja, 37, was ferrying a married couple and two friends to a bar in November last year when Robert Scott, 58,...
by admin | Dec 19, 2011 | Minicab, Passenger Information, Taxi
Lord Henley, Minister for Crime Prevention, has announced that the Government will reconsider its view that enhanced criminal records checks are not needed for taxi and minicab drivers. The Criminal Records Bureau informed councils earlier this year that it was ending...
by admin | Dec 14, 2011 | Minicab
Police today renewed a Christmas warning to women about the dangers of unbooked minicabs after a driver was jailed for nine years for raping a teenage partygoer. Marcos De Souza, 32, was trapped because his DNA was held on file even though he had no criminal record....
