Private hire driver banned after 'plying for hire'

Private hire driver banned after 'plying for hire'

Reading private hire driver Ram Sah banned for four months after illegally plying for hire and driving uninsured, following a council sting in…

OFF TO A FLYER: Private hire driver hit with ban and costs of over £2,000 after illegally taking fare to Gatwick Airport

A Reading private hire driver has been disqualified from driving for four months and ordered to pay more than £2,000 after being caught illegally plying for hire in the town centre. Mr Ram Sah appeared at Reading Magistrates Court on 20 October 2025 following an incident earlier this year when he unlawfully offered his services to undercover licensing officers. On 14 February 2025, Sah approached two Reading Council licensing officers outside th…