A lorry driver who failed to appear at Chelmsford Crown Court to pursue his appeal against fines and costs of £1,075 after being convicted of an overloading offence has been ordered to pay an additional £853 in costs. In April, Timothy Holland, of Battle, Kent, was found guilty in his absence by Harlow magistrates of using a vehicle when its permitted gross weight was exceeded by more than 30%.
Holland was fined £750 with £310 costs and a £15 victim surcharge. His employer, Aviva Stone
Products of Bakesbourne, Kent, was prosecuted for permitting or causing the use of a vehicle on a road when the permitted gross weight was exceeded. The company pleaded guilty and was fined £250.Holland appealed against his sentence on the grounds that he had not realised that he too would be liable for the offence as the person who used the vehicle on the road. He also wanted the chance to enter mitigation.
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