A taxi driver who lost his licence after a passenger suffered a head injury when his wheelchair fell over during a journey has lost his latest bid to regain it. Jalil Mohammad applied to have his hackney carriage driver’s licence reinstated just weeks after Bristol city councillors refused to give him back his vehicle permit.
He had his licence revoked by the local authority following the accident in 2019 and has unsuccessfully appealed in the magistrates court twice since then. Bristol City Council public safety & protection sub-committee has now refused his latest application in April this year for a taxi driver’s licence after a failed bid to the panel two months earlier to get his vehicle plate back, according to recently published minutes of the private hearing.
Mr Mohammad had “refused to secure the wheelchair” before the trip from Temple Meads station three years ago which led to disabled pensioner Barry Sowden toppling backwards in it and hitting his head. The 76-year-old passenger, who has since died of unrelated causes, had undergone brain surgery seven months earlier and was on special medication, so was taken to hospital for a CT scan.
