At a hearing before magistrates at Hereford Justice Centre on Thursday, the case was formally reopened against the mayor and withdrawn by the panel after a request from the DVLA.<\/p>\n
Neither the mayor nor a representative from the DVLA were present at the court for the one-minute hearing.<\/p>\n
The legal advisor told the panel of magistrates they may be aware of the case as it was “widely publicised” on Wednesday, adding: “The DVLA have requested that the original matter, if you consider it to be reopened, be marked withdrawn.”<\/p>\n
Chairwoman of the bench Mrs Digings JP said: “We accept the reopening of the case as requested.<\/p>\n
“Further to the request from the DVLA, we are going to mark the matter as withdrawn.”<\/p>\n
Last month, a magistrate sitting in a private hearing of the Single Justice Procedure in Herefordshire convicted Khan in his absence and ordered that he pay a \u00a3220 fine, \u00a385 in costs and settle the \u00a335.84 bill for unpaid tax on the Micra.<\/p>\n
Court documents showed letters regarding the unpaid road tax bill had been sent to Gordon Ramsay’s east London restaurant instead of the mayor.<\/p>\n
The DVLA said a letter asking for confirmation of the identity of the car owner, which was sent to the wrong address, went unanswered in January.<\/p>\n
This led to a criminal prosecution on 18 August after no plea was entered to the charge.<\/p>\n
The mayor’s adviser said the DVLA would investigate the false registration of the car.<\/p>\n
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