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for part owning a bent taxi firm and the club not checking they were ok?
All the sunday Journo's were saying what a disgrace City were allowing their multi millionaire footballers ride round in uninsured vehicles !
Nearly as bad, is the CPS trying to maintain there was some sort of case to answer!!
City stood by him.
The co-owner of a limousine firm accused of ferrying Manchester City stars around without insurance has been cleared of any wrongdoing.
Mohammed Fayez Hussain was charged with a string of motoring offences when five of his company's luxury cars were stopped near the Etihad Stadium before a Blues home match.
But we can reveal the case was thrown out after prosecutors decided there was a lack of evidence.
Mr Hussain, 41, has a one-third stake in Elite Limousine VI Protection Services. City captain Vincent Kompany owns another third. The club uses the firm, which has a fleet including Bentleys and Mercedes, to transport players, officials and their families. But police pulled five of the cars over in a swoop before the Blues took on Stoke last year.
Mr Hussain was accused of employing unlicensed drivers, using private hire vehicles that were not carrying the correct plates or disc information, using motor vehicles without third-party insurance and one later count of withholding information to obtain motor insurance.
But Crown Prosecution Service lawyers have now discontinued the case.
Mr Hussain, of Woodlands Road, Crumpsall, said he was glad his nine-month ordeal was over and thanked City bosses for standing by him.
He said: "I'd like to thank the club and family and friends who have stuck by me throughout this.
"It's been going on for nine months and now I just want to get back to work.
"I think the police were given incorrect advice and got a bit confused.
"They told us that we needed to have taxi plates. We don't. We are a limousine service with clients we have contracts with and we have discs for that purpose.
"I think the police were just doing their job and I'm grateful the right decision has been made."
Andrew Snadden, from the CPS, said: "After an initial review of the case, the CPS requested that the police conduct further enquiries.
"After then reviewing all the available evidence at that stage I concluded that on the strength of the evidence provided there was not a realistic prospect of conviction." Greater Manchester Police declined to comment.
All the sunday Journo's were saying what a disgrace City were allowing their multi millionaire footballers ride round in uninsured vehicles !
Nearly as bad, is the CPS trying to maintain there was some sort of case to answer!!
City stood by him.
The co-owner of a limousine firm accused of ferrying Manchester City stars around without insurance has been cleared of any wrongdoing.
Mohammed Fayez Hussain was charged with a string of motoring offences when five of his company's luxury cars were stopped near the Etihad Stadium before a Blues home match.
But we can reveal the case was thrown out after prosecutors decided there was a lack of evidence.
Mr Hussain, 41, has a one-third stake in Elite Limousine VI Protection Services. City captain Vincent Kompany owns another third. The club uses the firm, which has a fleet including Bentleys and Mercedes, to transport players, officials and their families. But police pulled five of the cars over in a swoop before the Blues took on Stoke last year.
Mr Hussain was accused of employing unlicensed drivers, using private hire vehicles that were not carrying the correct plates or disc information, using motor vehicles without third-party insurance and one later count of withholding information to obtain motor insurance.
But Crown Prosecution Service lawyers have now discontinued the case.
Mr Hussain, of Woodlands Road, Crumpsall, said he was glad his nine-month ordeal was over and thanked City bosses for standing by him.
He said: "I'd like to thank the club and family and friends who have stuck by me throughout this.
"It's been going on for nine months and now I just want to get back to work.
"I think the police were given incorrect advice and got a bit confused.
"They told us that we needed to have taxi plates. We don't. We are a limousine service with clients we have contracts with and we have discs for that purpose.
"I think the police were just doing their job and I'm grateful the right decision has been made."
Andrew Snadden, from the CPS, said: "After an initial review of the case, the CPS requested that the police conduct further enquiries.
"After then reviewing all the available evidence at that stage I concluded that on the strength of the evidence provided there was not a realistic prospect of conviction." Greater Manchester Police declined to comment.