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Joiner blames economy for ignoring ban



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Published Date: 04 July 2008
A SELF-EMPLOYED joiner has blamed the faltering economy after he was caught behind the wheel while suspended from driving.
Richard McGee, 26, who runs his own joinery firm, was stopped by police while driving a van he used for work. It turned out he was already serving a suspension and had no insurance.

He was caught on Niddrie Mains Road in Edinburgh on June 9, when police checked his car.

McGee said he had hired an employee to drive him to and from jobs after being suspended from driving.

But the father-of-two claimed that business had got so bad during the latest financial slowdown that he had to let the driver go.

When friends who he relied on to ferry him about were too busy, he drove himself.

Yesterday, at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, he was fined £430 and disqualified for a year after admitting driving without a licence and insurance.

His solicitor, Donna Cooper, told the court that McGee usually made around £600 per week from his business.

She added: "The business has not been going well and he had to let the person he employed to drive him around go."





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  • Last Updated: 04 July 2008 2:01 PM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
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Digit,

Halifax 04/07/2008 12:23:21
Bus and walking?...bizzare concepts for this lad obviously.

Also if he earns £600 per week, he can afford a taxi to each job, just add it to the bill. This is a poor excuse for flouting the law.
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Foo,

ejinbara 04/07/2008 12:30:52
#1 - Unfortunately someone sold you a PC and you took it home and you paid someone to hook it up to the internets so you could type a load of steaming jobby.

He's a joiner. Joiners tend to have large amounts of tools and wood when going to a job.

3

Jachscall,

04/07/2008 13:14:34
No2...."And Wood" ? Thats what i call enjoying your work !!
4

Voldemort,

Edinburgh 05/07/2008 01:36:03
Why was he 'suspended' from driving -- 4 x tax camera points -- 4 x tax camera van points -- 4 x going through an amber light ?

The hell with law .. to a motorist it is just a means of raising money for our councils and 'police' force to which the courts add their childish stamp of the foot. I hope that many people will ignore the bans and fines imposed by the so called law for it is nothing but a stealth tax and a means to persecute those who are generally law abiding. I used to have respect for the police and the courts over traffic matters but now it is just a 'sausage' factory where you are guilty before being proven innocent then charged nevertheless with many a valid defence being considered 'unlawful' ....

The law and this government has lost sight of the difference between right and wrong. If you stab someone or rape a granny you will get less attention from the police than if you do 90 on a quiet motorway .. the law and the police disgust me at the moment.

 

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