“I’m the idiot here that’s getting thrown under the bus”
Up to 15 women paid to be transported on a pink “party bus” in Belfast without the proper licence or insurance cover in place, a court heard today.
A DVA examiner told Belfast Magistrates’ Court she carried out inspections while the bus was parked at Forthriver Road in the city on August 19 last year. Another man got off the vehicle and informed her he was working for the company. The court heard that Keatings, from Forthill Gardens in Newtownabbey, does hold a licence to drive a minibus. But prosecutors argued it does not cover ‘hire and reward’ circumstances where passengers paid to be transported on the party vehicle. A second DVA officer also recalled inspecting the vehicle in Belfast on the same day.
But District Judge George Conner convicted him of not having the correct licence or insurance for the bus and imposed penalty points and £325 in fines.Meanwhile, Belfast Party Crew Ltd, based at Royal Avenue in the city centre, was convicted of having no PSV or bus operators licence, and using a vehicle in a dangerous condition.
Newtownabbey North Belfast Belfast Crown Court
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