\n Police Scotland objected to Izadeen Saleh\u2019s bid to work as a private hire driver in Glasgow due to his convictions.\n<\/p>\n
\n But his legal representative argued the applicant\u2019s offences were \u201cquite historical\u201d and he has \u201clearnt from these incidents\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n However, the city\u2019s licensing committee decided to refuse Mr Saleh\u2019s application. Cllr Alex Wilson, SNP, said: \u201cHe has been found guilty of a number of conduct issues.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe have got to weigh that up, do we want that type of person driving our vehicles in Glasgow?\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Saleh\u2019s representative asked the committee to \u201csee him now in a different light\u201d. He said in the six or seven years since the last incident, his client had completed two degrees and was \u201casking for an opportunity to prove himself fit and proper\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n A statement from the applicant explained his situation and \u201cthe fact that he has learnt from these incidents and he\u2019s come away with a better understanding of how to conduct himself\u201d, his representative said. \u201cHe has been quite remorseful.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n But Cllr Wilson, who chairs the committee, said: \u201cYou say he comes across as very remorseful in his submission, I don\u2019t think so. Yes he apologises, but it doesn\u2019t come across that way at all.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n He added: \u201cThe committee has to take all these things into consideration. It is a balancing act. We have to decide if he is a fit and proper person.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe have someone who spat in the face of someone, who has been involved in a stand-up fight and put a female in fear and alarm, these are all convictions. These aren\u2019t just allegations.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Cllr Wilson was also concerned that Mr Saleh would react to \u201cintimidation\u201d if working as a private hire driver, as he would be faced with drunk people and those \u201cwho will push his buttons\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n A representative from Police Scotland told councillors about Mr Saleh\u2019s convictions. She said he had been ordered to carry out 180 hours unpaid work after the incident in 2016 when he \u201ccaused a named female fear or alarm\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n He had repeatedly phoned her and \u201crepeatedly and excessively text her, some of which were threatening, and sent pictures of himself to her\u201d, the officer said, adding the applicant had also approached the woman in person.\n<\/p>\n
\n His most recent offence related to an incident in August 2018 where he \u201cengaged in a stand up fight\u201d in Glasgow and \u201cbrandished a leather belt he had in his possession as an offensive weapon\u201d, the committee heard. He was fined a total of \u00a3945, the officer added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police Scotland objected to Izadeen Saleh\u2019s bid to work as a private hire driver in Glasgow due to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-438419","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115236396324778563","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}