Nearly 6 years ago Martin Graves was trading as M J Graves International in Felixstowe. That year he was prosecuted and found to be guilty of gross negligent manslaughter. He  was sentenced to four years imprisonment for the  gross negligent manslaughter part and to  a further 12 months concurrent imprisonment for offences realting to the  falsifying of tachograph records.

One of  M JGraves Internationals’ drivers – Victor Coates was also sentenced to four years in prison for manslaughter.

A haulier who was jailed for manslaughter after one of his drivers killed a motorist has lost his appeal against an indefinite disqualification. The Transport Tribunal concluded that his prison sentence was “richly deserved”. The Tribunal dismissed an appeal by Martin Graves against the decision of Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner Philip Brown refusing to vary or cancel an order for his indefinite disqualification from holding an O-licence in any Traffic Area.

Source:  road transport

Graves has a appealed against the revoking of his O licence (the indefinate disqualification part) and has asked that it is returned so that he can expand his freight forwarding business.

During the first trial it became a apparent that drivers he employed regularly broke hours and were offered bonuses for working longer hours. Now Graves is back in business, who is to say he wouldn’t do this again?

Perhaps Graves should consider a new area in which to trade, where breaking the rules doesn’t have such a high price. Has he thought about banking?

Sarah

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