Ok, thanks for all this info everybody. When our company purchased these vehicles, we did ask if it was necessary for the drivers to have a driveing license. They checked with our insurers who said no they didnt need one. One of companys rules though is all drivers must be over 25 (which he is, so thats ok). Although the insurers said a license wasnt needed, myself and the manager said we would prefer to only use drivers who had a license.All the staff except this one person brought in their licenses for us to copy, he kept telling us he couldnt find it and he was going to get dvlc to send him a replacement.
This is where my suspicions creep in ,that he hasnt got a license, he does (or he did before this happened) drive his own car to work everyday, so nobody was concerned or worried too much about seeing his license because he seemed a capable driver and as I said, the insurers said nobody really needed one.
He defintely had a current mot. I know this because the garage who looks after our other site vehicles, done the mot on his car, ( we get discount on mots and work needed on personal cars
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He certainly has insurance because his sister who works for us also, keeps hold of all his documents for him and has (unofficially shown us the insurance document).
Now, after thinking more on this, my thoughts are with this scenario.
His wife, who also happens to work for us, left work at 5pm and got the bus from work to the local supermarket. Got her shopping and then our guy (who was off sick that day, thats why he didnt pick her up from work) picked her up from the supermarket. ( that bit is definitly true, the next is guesswork) A police car who was in the area scanned his number plate (do the police in ordinary cars carry anpr scanners ? ) and got the info that the car was registered to someone who didnt have a license, followed him home and asked for his documents. Would having no license mean taking your car away ?
Does any of this make sense.