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Pleading not guilty to drink driving

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  • AdrianC
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    George333 wrote: »
    He's not helped himself by the sounds of it so far.

    However it's still possible to do it. How do we know the car can be driven without a statement.
    Sorry, you're suggesting that his defence would be that the car he drove there minutes before was undriveable?
  • waamo
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    George333 wrote: »
    Where was the car?

    I took this as meaning he was sat outside her house in his car when the police arrived.
    I called the police. By the time they arrived he'd stopped smashing his fists into my door and windows and was sitting in his car
  • AdrianC wrote: »
    Sorry, you're suggesting that his defence would be that the car he drove there minutes before was undriveable?

    I'm saying without that statement where is the evidence it was driven there?
  • waamo wrote: »
    I took this as meaning he was sat outside her house in his car when the police arrived.

    On the road or private property?

    Theres not point making assumptions.
  • Benzanna
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    DUTR wrote: »
    He probably returned for his bike which you are holding.
    Is this really about him drunk or the on going domestic battle?

    That is quite petty. He has all of his belongings, I have no interest in playing games.

    There is a completely separate issue going on where I am needing to get an injunction against him for harrassment.
  • Benzanna
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    George333 wrote: »
    As it stands theres no evidence he's driven and unless I've completely missed it the evidence for drunk in charge isn't complete. Where was he when the police found him?

    There's 3 witnesses that saw him drive to the house. The car was not there the day before. He was sat in the car when the police arrived, although at that point I had his car keys as I managed to take them off him to stop him driving - the police said this was the right thing to do.
  • Benzanna
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    George333 wrote: »
    Where was the car?

    On my drive
  • DUTR
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    Benzanna wrote: »
    That is quite petty. He has all of his belongings, I have no interest in playing games.

    There is a completely separate issue going on where I am needing to get an injunction against him for harrassment.

    You are playing games though, we weren't there to know the full ins and outs, however generally a visitor does try and smash a door in, if he really wanted to get in, he could simply and easier smash a window, hiding in the bathroom? not wise (ask the 400m metre ex runner ) , you weren't at the station to hear what he told the police .
    AND alcohol in the blood doesn't just appear and disappear, there are easy tests to know when the excess alcohol was consumed.
  • Benzanna
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    George333 wrote: »
    I'm saying without that statement where is the evidence it was driven there?

    Possible ANPR? I'm sure there are other ways to prove it?
  • Benzanna wrote: »
    There's 3 witnesses that saw him drive to the house. The car was not there the day before. He was sat in the car when the police arrived, although at that point I had his car keys as I managed to take them off him to stop him driving - the police said this was the right thing to do.
    Benzanna wrote: »
    On my drive

    Well unless those witnesses give statements hes going to get off.

    Given you had the keys he couldn't drive it.
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