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news Newry Directors and Drivers sentenced for false tacho records Two directors of a Newry based transport company and fifteen of their employees have been sentenced for interfering with tachographs and falsifying their records following one of the largest ever investigations of its kind. 65 year old Patrick James Boyle and 36 year old Mark Anthony Boyle, Directors of Boyle Transport Limited, were handed two year and 18 month sentences respectively in Carlisle Crown Court. They were also disqualified from acting as company directors, which includes having any management position within a company, for a period of five years. This follows them pleading guilty to conspiring with drivers to make the false tachograph records on 18 February 2011. A timetable was set out for future hearings into confiscation proceedings relating to the assets of the company and the directors. Fifteen HGV drivers from Boyle Transport Ltd and with addresses in Scotland and England were also appeared in court after they all pleaded guilty to interfering with their tachographs. The drivers, many of whom assisted the prosecution, and other drivers who offered to assist the prosecution, received suspended custodial sentences and orders to carry out unpaid work. In his sentencing, His Honour Judge Hughes QC made it clear that had it not been for their assistance, the starting point for sentencing the drivers would have been 12 months in custody. A joint intelligence-led investigation into Boyle Transport Ltd named Operation Cadillac began in October Bridgestone expand their logistics service with IGL Bridgestone Ireland has announced an expansion of their existing freight agreement with Dublin logistics provider, Irish Global Logistics (IGL). Brian Faherty, Transport Manager, Bridgestone Ireland and Robert Dickinson, Managing Director Irish Global Logistics (IGL). Brian Faherty, Transport Manager of Bridgestone Ireland said: “Bridgestone Ireland was keen to source a transport provider that offered the most operationally and 2008, conducted by Cumbria Constabulary and VOSA. It became one of the largest investigations ever conducted by Cumbria’s Roads Policing Unit or VOSA. The court heard that eight Boyles vehicles travelled from Glasgow into Cumbria on 12 October 2008 and were stopped in Penrith by RPU officers working on Operation Cadillac. Five of the vehicles were seized and examined, and all five were found to have modified wiring systems. Further investigations saw that each had had their tachographs interfered with. The investigation led officers to track down another seven of the company’s vehicles that had digital tachographs installed and all of the data was seized and examined. A warrant was also conducted at Patrick Boyles’ home address and business premises near Newry with the assistance of the PSNI on 16 December 2008 where significant documentary evidence and paperwork was seized. A total of 18,000 documents were reviewed as part of the in-depth investigation that took place over the course of a year. It was revealed that each digital tachograph owned by the company had been interfered with and the drivers had, in fact, been driving up to 22 hours per day (the law states the maximum should be 10 per day) and failing to take their lawful breaks. cost effective method of distribution within Ireland whilst keeping the service levels at the highest possible standard. Irish Global have managed to provide us with very high delivery During the course of the investigation, RPU and VOSA officers interviewed all drivers and together with Carlisle CID interviewed the directors. This led to the taking of DNA samples which led to the subsequent arrest and conviction of 51 year old Leslie Marshal from Glasgow for a previous offence of rape and kidnap. The offence occurred on 18 January 1989 and took place near Burnley. After getting a DNA hit, he was arrested and charged. Marshall pleaded guilty to the offence and was sentenced on the 25th August 2010. He is currently serving a six and a half year prison sentence. Sergeant Graeme Hodgson from the Road Policing Unit led the investigation for Cumbria Constabulary. He said: “The sentence marks the end of one of the largest ever investigations conducted by the Roads Policing Unit. “This has been a serious, long running investigation that saw employers manipulate their staff into taking serious risks on the road. By ignoring legislation and having drivers on the road for up to 22 hours a day risks lives – not only of the drivers themselves, but other innocent road users. The legislation should provide a level playing field for all hauliers. By extending the driving done by each driver the company was able to undercut deliveries on cost and time, placing further pressure on struggling success, whilst dramatically reducing mileage covered and the numbers of trucks on the road by sharing the service with other automotive suppliers. Combined with our own vehicle fleet this allows Bridgestone to provide the best type tyre delivery service available in Ireland.” Robert Dickinson. Managing Director of Irish Global Logistics in Dublin stated: “In co-operation with Bridgestone Ireland, our proposal was to provide a first class service to the customers. To that end we have developed a unique national supply chain based on ‘shared user and staged trunking’. “This spreads the overall cost of running trucks across several customers, thereby reducing the cost of each customer but also increasing efficiency by reducing running mileage and avoiding long and expensive journeys.” Irish Global now handles the competitors who work within the legislation and who may otherwise be tempted to follow suit.” He added: “Cumbria Constabulary and VOSA are so pleased with the joint investigative work that we currently have another investigation under way and others in the intelligence gathering stages. The implications of being caught are extremely serious, hopefully this result will act as a big deterrent to Directors; whilst we will continue with roadside enforcement against drivers and vehicles, where further action is justified we will arrest those with a controlling hand at the top of the company.” Alex Fiddes, press officer from VOSA, said: “This joint approach to the investigation shows the advantages of multi agency co-operation. “The investigation which concentrated on vehicles fitted with digital tachograph recording equipment was the largest undertaken by VOSA and has revealed the consequences of drivers and operators who operate outside the EC Regulations. Tired drivers run the risk of causing serious or fatal accidents when they abuse driver’s hours rules and don’t take proper rest periods.” Whilst this result marks the end of the Criminal Investigation there is also an application under the Proceeds of Crime Act to confiscate monies gained by criminal conduct. distribution of Bridgestone to all 32 countries of Ireland from their hubs in Dublin and Belfast as well as via IGL’s 12 satellite depots across the country. In addition, Irish Global also provides Bridgestone Ireland with European delivery services from Dublin and now operates vehicles on contract distribution for Bridgestone Ireland. Brain Faherty added: “Irish Global offers a very high level of customers care to us, which reflects the levels of attention we afford to our own customers. Information is available immediately from the IGL online systems and any enquires are dealt with immediately by the Contract Manager in Swords. We have found the Irish Global have been very flexible in dealing with seasonable peaks and coped admirably with the pressures of the heavy snow in December.” 6 News pages.indd 6 24/05/2011 12:02
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