Low Range PCA - First Offence - Result: Section 10
Date: December 08, 2010
The client was a 50 year old male who made the decision to drive home after a work function. He delayed his trip home for 2 hours after consuming his last drink believing that he would then be safe to drive.
The client had only been driving for about 5 minutes when apprehended by police and subjected to a random breath test. To his amazement, he returned a reading of mid range drink driving and was taken to the Police Station where he was arrested, charged and issued with a Court Attendance Notice.
Fortunately for him he attended our office to seek assistance with this matter.
Our solicitor asked the client to provide us with certain information such as the number of years he had been driving, his requirement and need for his licence, his frequency in driving and his record. He had held his licence for approximately 30 years and only had a few minor traffic infractions on his driving record.
When the matter came before the Court on the first occasion, the client entered a “guilty plea” but our solicitor made submissions which enabled him to obtain a Section 10 from the Magistrate, which meant that he did not receive any form of licence disqualification.
This was a good result considering the seriousness of the offence for which he had been charged.