i personally have a friend who was in jail for man slaughtering before , 8 years inside 55 .
Came out , a few years nothing to do , asked me for advice , also worried cannot approved .
i told him "try , never try u'll never know "
He tried , and funny enough , LTA approved his application without even need to see his MP .
He drove for a while and quit a few years later , to do business .