MPS press release. A private hire driver has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a young woman in his car.  Aliriza Kurt, 42, (25.11.73) of Blackstock Road, N4 was today, Wednesday, 20 January, sentenced to 18 months imprisonment at Inner London Crown Court. He was convicted of […]

MPS Press Bureau A pedicab rider, who breached his Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) within three days of it being issued, has been jailed.  Juris Briedis, 21 (4.01.95) of Edgware Road, W2 was found guilty and sentenced to 24 weeks imprisonment at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 12 January for breaching a CBO which banned him from […]

Driver fined over £1,000 for Private Hire offences · TfL determined to rid London of illegal drivers and operators who pose a threat to public safety Transport for London (TfL) has successfully prosecuted a further fifteen drivers in the last two months (July – August), as part of its on-going crack-down on illegal taxi and […]

TfL Press release TfL announces early results of Operation Neon, launched to clamp down on illegal minicab activity Part of a range of actions to protect the taxi and private hire trades United Cabbies Group urged to call off unnecessary taxi protest Transport for London (TfL) has announced that over the first five evenings of […]

Roads and Transport Policing Command News in brief: Roads and Transport Policing Command continue to crackdown on unsafe Limo The Metropolitan Police Roads and Transport Policing Command continued its clampdown – Operation Kansas – on unsafe Limos on Saturday, 28 February, to help ensure limousines and other novelty vehicles were roadworthy and adhering to safety […]