Taxi driver sentenced for fraudulent licence
Mohammed Mirza Noor has been ordered to complete 100 hours of unpaid workA taxi driver who failed to tell a council he had previously had a licence revoked has pleaded guilty to fraud.
Mohammed Mirza Noor lost his taxi licence with Leicester City Council in 2015 for plying for trade - picking up customers without a booking. He then obtained a fresh licence with Blaby District Council in Leicestershire in 2016 - which was renewed in 2019 - after stating he had never been refused a licence or held a licence with another authority.
The 51-year-old, from Leicester, revealed the truth when he came to renew in 2022 and on Wednesday was sentenced at Leicester Magistrates' Court to 100 hours of unpaid work. Noor - who admitted fraud by failing to disclose information - was also ordered to pay costs, including a victim surcharge of £1,467, said theLes Phillimore, the district council's portfolio holder for housing, community and environmental services, said: "This is a most satisfying result for us and demonstrates our commitment to ensuring anyone who provides false information to us will face the consequences.
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