Fined £600 for operating as an illegal taxi driver
By Alan Walsh
Published 8th Dec 2014, 12:22 GMT
Updated 15th Aug 2019, 18:06 GMT
A Co Derry man was has been fined a total of £600 and given eight penalty points for illegally operating as a taxi driver.
Mark Fleming, of Fountainville in Garvagh, pleaded guilty to the offences at Coleraine Magistrates Court.
He was fined £200 for having no public service vehicle licence, £300 and eight penalty points for having no insurance and £100 for having no taxi operators licence.
He was also ordered to pay a £15 offender's levy.
The court heard he was stopped by Driver & Vehicle Agency enforcement officers on the 5 April this year whilst dropping passengers off at Kelly’s nightclub in Portrush.
When interviewed under caution, he stated he was not taxiing.