A Newcastle man with a chequered past has been refused a taxi licence after Magistrates deemed him unsuitable.
Imran Akram, of Tamworth Road, Fenham told Magistrates that he had changed his lifestyle, found the Islamic faith and wanted to be a proper father to his three children.
The court heard he committed weapons offences in 2011 and 2015, a caution for possession of class B in 2012 and conspiracy to supply drugs in 2017. He was released from prison in 2017 and police spotted a car insured in his name being used to deal drugs last summer.
In 2014 he was jailed for wounding with intent after attacking a man with an axe.
Akram told Magistrates that the axe attack had been "in the heat of the moment"
"I'm a changed man," he said.
"I was just a child at the time."
Louise Coulson, for Newcastle City Council, stated if he did get the job, there was a strong chance he'd run into a hostile situation at some point.
"How would you ensure you didn't act in the heat of the moment again?" she asked.
Magistrates agreed with the Council and refused Akram's application.
"We do not think you are a fit and proper person," the chairman of the bench told him.
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