Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Corrupt and incompetent driver returns

Steven Minshull, the Capebase driver with a history of defrauding the Special Needs Transport Service for the benefit of his employer and who has been observed by Carenne Special School staff driving in an erratic manner has returned to Capebase as a bus driver into Carenne.

It was alleged that former School Administration Manager, Simone Russell and Mr Minshull had conspired to make fraudulent payment claims to the Department of Education and Training following Mr Minshull's move to Bathurst.

Mr Minshull has taken over the Blayney bus run, formerly driven by Craig Graham, who was also publicly named and shamed on this blog for being corrupt.

"This guy is so hopeless that when he transported a student from Lithgow he had to restrain them. The student was travelling with Kym beforehand and there was no problem and now he is doing a post-school program there is no problem. The guy is incompetent," said the whistleblower.

Nedkelly told Carenne Gate that the department was aware of a number of issues with this particular driver. "I know that Terry Mahony had a student put on another bus because Steve assaulted him in the corridor of the school, this was observed by a number of staff" she said.

It would appear that Mr Minshull had serious difficulties in driving a bus with a few students on it yet seems to be suitable to drive a bus with many more on it.