Chadd David George

10 Heol Elfed

Maesteg

The Team Manager (Licensing) asked the applicant if the details in the report were correct, the applicant stated that he was in the process of moving address during this time and gave details of his new address which is listed below.

4 Wood Street

Maesteg

CF34 9BB

The applicant was then asked if there were any outstanding convictions or penalties to which he replied no.

She stated that the reason for the hearing was that the convictions triggered the policy at 2.3, 2.4 and 2.6 for offences relating to traffic offenses, major traffic offenses and alcohol or drugs.

She then asked Mr George if he could provide details relating to each of the convictions, starting with the offence dated 26/05/2011 for driving a motor vehicle with excess alcohol.

The applicant explained that he was with his partner at the time and had a few drinks. He was involved in an argument that escalated and his partner kicked him out the house. The applicant was living with his mother at the time but she wasn’t available to pick him up, he decided to drive home as he felt able to drive and did not feel drunk. He was pulled over shortly after leaving the partners house and was found to be over the legal limit to drive.

A Member asked was he driving dangerously or was there any other reason he was pulled over. The applicant responded saying that he was not sure but believes the police were already on the way to the house because his partner may have phoned them during the argument. 

The Team Manager (Licensing) asked the applicant to give his account of the offence dated 17/07/2012 for possession of a Class B drug – Mephedrone.

The applicant explained that he was going to a night club with a friend, and was asked to look after his wallet for him. Upon entry to the club, the security at the club searched both the applicant and his friend. When security opened the wallet it was found to contain the Mephedrone. The applicant told the committee that he didn’t want to get his friend in trouble so took ownership, and therefore the blame for the wallet. He was charged as a result.

The Team Manager (Licensing) asked the applicant to give his account of the conviction dated 05/07/2017 for TT99 “Totting up”.

He explained that he worked for a company in Porthcawl at the time where he took the work van home regularly. When he took the vehicle back in to work for vehicle checks, he was notified shortly after that the vehicle was captured by CCTV for speeding. He informed his workplace that he was not in possession of the vehicle at this time and asked for the CCTV footage as he explained that a friend drove the vehicle at this time. He did not give his details of this driver and therefore was given 6 points for failing to provide these details. The 6 points received caused the applicant to be disqualified for 6 months, starting July 2017.

The legal officer asked the applicant where the previous 6 points were from as they don’t appear in the report.

The applicant explained that these were from 2013. He received 3 points on two separate occasions, the first while driving 53mph in a 50mph zone, and the second while driving 33mph in a 30mph zone.

The Team Manager (Licensing) asked the applicant to give his account of the conviction dated 01/08/2017 for SP30: exceeding statutory speed limit on a public road.

The applicant said that he doesn’t remember where this took place but remembers going to court and paying the fine of £220. He believes this took place sometime before the disqualification and didn’t occur after being disqualified as he did not drive again until January 2018.

RESOLVED: The Sub Committee considered the application and the convictions listed in the report. May 2011 and August 2017, three being traffic offences (one minor and two major) and one being a drug offence.

The Sub Committee noted the details relating to the drug offense and considered paragraph 2.6 of the policy and noted that this was an isolated incident for possession and took place over 6 years ago.

The Sub Committee considered the offenses in 2011 and 2017 which resulted in disqualification from driving on both occasions.

Under paragraph 2.4.4 the policy stated that repeated periods of disqualification will merit the refusal of a licence.

Further, paragraph 2.4.3 suggests that a person applying for a licence is expected to have been driving for a period of at least twelve months post disqualification before the grant of licence and therefore the Sub Committee made the decision to refuse the licence for this reason.