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The private hire driver illegally picked up the fare on Sir Matt Busby Way(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\nHe ended up in courtThe private hire driver illegally picked up the fare on Sir Matt Busby Way(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n
A private hire taxi driver has had his licence revoked after he illegally picked up a fare outside Old Trafford<\/a> and charged \u00a335 for a four-mile journey.<\/p>\n Rehan Mirza, 42, was waiting in his Mercedes at the black cab rank on Sir Matt Busby Way after Manchester United’<\/a>s Premier League<\/a> match against Leicester City<\/a> on November 10 last year.<\/p>\n He picked up a United fan, and his seven-year-old son, and took them to Piccadilly train station.<\/a><\/p>\n Mirza insisted the journey had cost \u00a335.<\/p>\n Sign up to the MEN Court newsletter here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The suspicious fan paid up but later complained to Trafford Council.<\/a><\/p>\n Private hire drivers are only permitted and insured to pick up pre-booked passengers.<\/p>\n Their licensing enforcement team carried out an investigation, and found Mirza had been had been illegally plying for fares at the rank and hence driving without insurance.<\/p>\n His private hire licence was revoked, in his absence, at a meeting of Trafford Council’s licensing sub-committee.<\/p>\n He was also prosecuted and pleaded guilty at Manchester Magistrates Court to charges of illegally plying for hire, permitting any other vehicle other than a Hackney Carriage to wait in a stand, and driving without insurance.<\/p>\n