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Newstalk ZB
January 11 2006;  16:20

LTNZ's hands tied over bus driver

Land Transport New Zealand says it sympathises with a Dunedin bus driver who will lose his job because of a crime he committed as a teen.

Thirty four years ago Lloyd Walsh was convicted of unlawful carnal knowledge after he slept with his girlfriend two days before her 16th birthday.

The 50-year-old has been told under new legislation he must have his licence as a driver at Dunedin Passenger Transport revoked.

LTNZ spokesman Andy Knackstedt understands how this situation could be viewed as harsh, but says they are bound by the law.

He says it is up to the government to modify the law