An Uber driver from Southall has been convicted of illegally plying for hire after unwittingly picking up two council licencing officers on an unbooked journey.
Ifran Hamid Hussain of Honeysuckle Close appeared at court on Wednesday (August 16) where he was found guilty.
Hussain, 33, was caught in the act on August 28 last year when he parked outside a pub in Guildford to take the council officers for a ride.
Despite the unbooked journey going against the conditions of his licence, Hussain pleaded not guilty when he first appeared in court on March 14 but was later convicted at Guildford Magistrates' Court.
He was charged with "driving a carriage / stand / ply for hire when the carriage was not licenced as a public hackney carriage".
Hussain was ordered to pay Guildford Borough Council £1,500 following his conviction.
He was also fined a further £250 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge.
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