A taxi driver who kept working after South Oxfordshire District Council suspended his licence has been ordered to pay £1,924 and given eight penalty points. The 48-year-old from Reading had held a hackney carriage driver's licence with the council since May 2023. It was suspended in December 2024 because his DBS Update Service subscription had lapsed. He carried on driving from 9 December 2024 to 8 January 2025, including school transport work taking vulnerable children to and from school. The council found out after he was involved in an altercation at the school. He pleaded not guilty and did not attend his trial at High Wycombe Magistrates' Court on 16 October 2026. He was found guilty of driving a hackney carriage without a driver's licence, driving without valid insurance, and not returning his council badge. The court fined him £660 and ordered him to pay a £264 victim surcharge and £1,000 towards the council's costs. The council, which announced the case on 4 November, says he is no longer licensed by it to drive taxis or private hire vehicles.