Drink Driver Escapes Conviction
ELAINE Braintree, 42, escaped a jail sentence yesterday on a technicality.
Sandwin LaRoche, defending, pointed out a breach of police procedure during her blood test back at the station.
The officer in charge of taking the blood sample neglected to fully brief Mrs Braintree on what was happening in clear contravention of standard police procedure.
When asked why he had neglected to do so, the officer in question replied: “She was absolutely legless. She kept falling on her face. I didn’t think that she would understand”.
Mrs Braintree had been caught in the driver’s seat of her BMW when it had been found on the bowling green of the New Inn pub, where she had been drinking.
This was the third occasion that Mrs Braintree had been charged with drink driving, but without conviction.
Carl Betson, a 25-year-old plumber, was yesterday banned from driving for three years and fined £80 after reaching twelve penalty points on his licence.
He had been stopped by police after they noticed a faulty brake light. Mr Betson protested that he had not known the light was broken and that the bulb must have gone that day.
The court decided to uphold his ban and warned Betson: “Maybe now when you start experiencing difficulties in your work, you will understand the importance of road safety”.
Sandwin LaRoche, defending, pointed out a breach of police procedure during her blood test back at the station.
The officer in charge of taking the blood sample neglected to fully brief Mrs Braintree on what was happening in clear contravention of standard police procedure.
When asked why he had neglected to do so, the officer in question replied: “She was absolutely legless. She kept falling on her face. I didn’t think that she would understand”.
Mrs Braintree had been caught in the driver’s seat of her BMW when it had been found on the bowling green of the New Inn pub, where she had been drinking.
This was the third occasion that Mrs Braintree had been charged with drink driving, but without conviction.
Carl Betson, a 25-year-old plumber, was yesterday banned from driving for three years and fined £80 after reaching twelve penalty points on his licence.
He had been stopped by police after they noticed a faulty brake light. Mr Betson protested that he had not known the light was broken and that the bulb must have gone that day.
The court decided to uphold his ban and warned Betson: “Maybe now when you start experiencing difficulties in your work, you will understand the importance of road safety”.
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