TfL under fire for relying on Uber facial-verification data in licensing decisions
TfL is facing numerous legal appeals from Uber drivers as a result of its decisions to revoke their private licences on the basis of mistaken information from Uber’s systems
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Transport for London’s (TfL) reliance on information from Uber’s facial verification-based driver ID system is coming under increased scrutiny following multiple instances of misidentification leading to unionised drivers losing their private hire licences.
The drivers and their union say that, despite the technology’s questionable veracity, TfL has been overly reliant on it when making licence revocation decisions, which can severely impact driver’s livelihoods if they are unable to legally operate their vehicle.
Little Britain in London. Picture: Google Maps/ Street View A CHRISTCHURCH man has been convicted of motoring offences committed in Little Britain. Georgie Michael Mandry, 25, was said to have used a Mercedes A45 in the London road on October 13, 2020, without insurance and without a driving licence. The charges against him were proved in his absence at City of London Magistrates’ Court hearing earlier this year. At a hearing at the same court on June 22, which Mandry, of The Hawthorns, Christchurch, was not present for, the bench issued a £660 fine along with an order to pay £85 prosecution costs and a £66 surcharge.
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10:31 AM June 4, 2021
PC Jack Wood, 26, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months
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A serving police officer has been given a suspended jail term after being found guilty of assault on duty in Romford.
He appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court yesterday (June 3) to be sentenced.
Wood was given six months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, and ordered to pay costs of £1,000 and a victim surcharge of £122.
Supt Jude Beehag-Fisher said: “Our initial review of the evidence found that PC Wood used force that was excessive, resulting in an injury to a member of the public.
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A Met Police officer who allegedly hit a Wetherspoons drinker over the head with his baton in an ‘unprovoked’ attack claims the display of force was ‘entirely proportionate. ‘
Pc Jack Wood, 26, denies assaulting Jake Smith, 26, who suffered a gaping gash to his skull following the clash on January 5, last year in Romford, Essex.
Pc Wood and colleague Pc Archie Payne, 26, are further accused of striking Mr Smith’s friend Scott Rooney, 26, who alleges he was grabbed by the throat and thrown to the ground.
Pc Jack Wood, 26, (left) denies assaulting Jake Smith, 26, who was left with a gaping gash to his skull following the bust-up in Romford, Essex. He and colleague Pc Archie Payne, 26, (right) are also accused of assaulting Mr Smith s friend, Scott Rooney, 26, who claims he was grabbed by the throat and thrown to the ground
Judge rejects appeals by teacher, 24, and trainee rabbi, 42, to have criminal damage convictions overturned after they glued themselves to coal mining firm s security gates during XR protest
Shulamit Morris Evans and Angela Ditchfield glued themselves to the security gates of the Global Coal Management s office building in London back in 2018
Police were able to remove the glue but actions resulted in a £2,152 clean-up bill
The pair appealed convictions on basis they hadn’t intended to cause damage