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Justice - New Zealand - Trucking boss pressured drivers to work excessive hours
New Zealand - stuff.co.nz -14 Oct 2005: -- A former trucking company manager who pressured his drivers to work excessive hours pleaded guilty today to criminal nuisance... The charge against Garry Malcolm Belsham in New Plymouth District Court followed the death of a driver four years ago... Frederick Turereao Gillies, 56, had driven his milk tanker 15 hours with less than three hours rest when he crashed and died in Taranaki at 10.30pm on September 24, 2001... Truckies are legally allowed to drive 11 hours each day, with a rest break after five hours at the latest... Belsham, manager of Hamilton's Shuttle Tankers (Bulk) Ltd at the time, now lives in New Plymouth and no longer works for the company... He escaped jail but was given 200 hours' community work and ordered to pay $5000 to Mr Gillies' family...
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