Would you give this man a licence to drive a Taxi?
 

Our local Council has just granted a man a licence to drive a Taxi with convictions for Gross Indecency against Children. Here is the Enhanced CRB report on him.

Position applied for

Taxi Driver



Name of Employer



Mansfield District Council.



Conviction details



Theft from Dwelling, Theft act 1968 S1
Fraudulently using vehicle excise licence, vehicle excise act 1971 S.26
Handling stolen goods, theft act 1968 S.22
Making of without paying, theft act 1978 S.3
Theft shoplifting, theft act 1968 S.1
Theft shoplifting, theft act 1968 S.1
Obtaining property by deception, theft act 1968 S 15
Theft of vehicle, theft act 1968 S.1
Obtaining property by deception, theft act 1968 S.15
Burglary and theft from a dwelling, theft act 1968 S.9
Fraudulently using a vehicle excise licence, vehicles excise act 1971 S.25
Handling Stolen goods, theft act 1968 S.22
Making off without payment, theft act 1978 S.3
Attempted theft, theft act 1968 S.1
Going equipped for burglary, theft act 1968 S.1
No insurance, road traffic act 1988 S.143
Handling stolen goods, theft act 1968 S.22
Obtaining property by deception, theft act 1968 S.15
Failing to surrender to bail, Bail act 19786 S.6
Attempt/ obtaining property by deception, theft act 1968 S.15
Gross indecency with child (boy) indecency with children act 1960 S.1 (1)
Gross indecency with child (boy) indecency with children act 1960 S.1 (2)
Gross indecency with child (girl) indecency with children act 1960 S.1 (3)


Would you give this man a badge? I know I wouldn't

Re: Would you give this man a licence to drive a Taxi?
 

I buy into the three strikes and you're out rule. Strike three on a criminal offense and you're going to jail for the rest of your life.

Re: Would you give this man a licence to drive a Taxi?
 

What, for any offence?

As for that taxi driver.....how on earth are the council going to justify employing him?!?

Re: Would you give this man a licence to drive a Taxi?
 

With all that I would ask WHY he isn't in jail :erm:

Re: Would you give this man a licence to drive a Taxi?
 

No I would not employ him as a Taxi driver.

I would also be objecting to the council for giving him a license.
Parent would often send thier child to school or other places in a taxi thinking that they would be safe in it, however with a convicted pedophile (and thats what he appears to be) driving then no child would be safe. That in my book is enough of a reason NOT to give him such a license.

The rest are all reasons not to either let him drive a car & being responsible for the safety of the public whild doing so.

Re: Would you give this man a licence to drive a Taxi?
 

I think most people deserve a second chance, but a third, fourth etc etc.
This has got to be a mistake most taxi drivers I know do school runs first thing in the morning, taking vulnerable children to school.
This needs to be looked at and sorted ASAP.

Re: Would you give this man a licence to drive a Taxi?
 

I think you'll find, rightly or wrongly, that they are acting within their guidelines for licence issue, providing the offences took place at least 3 - 5 years ago.

The usual exception is when the offence(s) took place while driving a private hire vehicle/taxi. In that case the period before reconsideration would be longer.

Re: Would you give this man a licence to drive a Taxi?
 

Those last 3 should prevent him access to children "ever", no matter when they were done.

What I'd like to know is how Nidge got to know his CRB report details?
They are supposed to be confidential.

Re: Would you give this man a licence to drive a Taxi?
 

My thoughts exactly....

Re: Would you give this man a licence to drive a Taxi?
 

and mine :erm:

well if it is all the truth then he should not have a job which has any contact with children at all.... i dont know much about the sex offenders register but surely someone with three counts of gross indencency with children should be on it to prevent them from a job with kids?

Re: Would you give this man a licence to drive a Taxi?
 

Job applications are confidential full stop. Not appropriate material to be discussing here.

Re: Would you give this man a licence to drive a Taxi?
 

This isn't a job application, it's a licence application, which is different. His criminal convictions are also a matter of public record for anyone willing to spend the time compiling the list.

I'm all for rehabilitating offenders, but those last three make it difficult for me to see how he can be granted a licence to do a job which is almost guaranteed to mean he will be alone in his car with children at some point.

Re: Would you give this man a licence to drive a Taxi?
 

Sorry to say but that council sounds like they don't have a clue what they are doing, he gets a job as a taxi driver and that list will increase :(

Re: Would you give this man a licence to drive a Taxi?
 

Perhaps this needs to be pointed out to the papers under the same ilk as to how did Ian Huntley get a job like he did.

Re: Would you give this man a licence to drive a Taxi?
 

Its effectively a job application. In fact its worse because your applying for a license plate to be able to work for them selves and then get anyone in their car that approached them.

Yes you can ciompile the list of convictions BUT you would not be able to link them to an application for a license plate.