Car sales company gets £2k court bill for failing to reveal identity of driver

Summary

A car sales firm has been ordered to pay more than £2,000 in fines and costs for failing to tell Gloucestershire Police the identity of the driver of one of its vehicles.

Details

Greenlight Automotive Ltd of Park Road, Great Harwood, Blackburn, Lancashire, was found guilty by Cheltenham Magistrates of failing to notify the police who was driving a Vauxhall Astra suspected of committing a motoring offence in Gloucestershire between February 25 and March 26, last year.

The company, which was not represented at the court hearing and was tried in its absence, was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £650 costs and a £400 surcharge.

Report source: Punchline Gloucester