
Posted on 14:29, June 30th, 2011 by
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A truck driver who travelled 1,300 miles from Hungary to north Whales without taking a proper break has been sent to prison.
Zoltan kelences,32, was stopped by police when they was carrying out a joint police and VOSA operation – in a routine check on the A55 last month. Follwoing a police investigation, Kelences appeared at Caernarfon Magistrates’ Court where he pleaded guilty to charges of fraud and failing to ensure that proper tachograph records were being kept.
He was sentenced to 12 weeks in jail for each offence, and disqaulified from driving for 12 months Magistrates also declared his artic and semi-trailer to be fortified.
Extracted from Commercial Motor