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Two bus firm directors who lied about the hours their drivers worked following a crash in which a 28-year-old man died have been jailed. Martin Pilling, of Worsley, died when his cherry-picker was involved in a crash with a bus in Rusholme in 2006. Vincenzo Casale and David Ellis both admitted conspiring to defraud the Traffic Commissioner by creating false documents at Manchester Crown Court. The directors of UK North and GM Buses Enterprises were jailed for 15 months. Casale, 44, of Meadowfield Close, Glossop, was also banned from being a company director for the next 10 years and Ellis, 37, of Southfield Close, Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, was similarly banned for the next five years. Regulations ignored Ernesto Casale, 45, of Moorfield Drive, Newton, who was also charged with conspiring to create false documents had... [read full story]
