Thurso driver picked up ‘fare’ outside nightclub – without taxi licence
Published: 12:30, 05 February 2025
Thomas Swan picked up a “fare” in Thurso and drove him seven miles to Halkirk.
Trouble was, Swan didn’t hold a taxi operator’s licence, Wick Sheriff Court was told on Tuesday.
Swan (53), of Lord Thurso Court, Thurso, admitted making his car available for hire and was fined £220.
Sheriff Neil Wilson heard that police observed a man leaving a nightclub in Sir George’s Street, Thurso, on February 4, last year, and getting into Swan’s car, parked nearby.
Officers followed the vehicle to Halkirk and spoke to the passenger who said he had paid the accused £10 for the journey.
