Annabelle
New Member
Hello,
Ok so on Friday night I went for a night out with my friend and drank far too much, for some really stupid reason I decided to drive home (I have no idea what was going through my head), I was almost at my house when I crashed into a parked van, thankfully I didn't hurt anyone but the noise woke the neighbours and I fled the scene. Like sprinted away.
When I drink too much I do occasionally find myself suicidal, after this incident I found myself running towards the river, sound like a massive drama queen I know but I've sworn to stay off alcohol now. I couldn't end up doing it anyway, of course.
I kinda got myself together after an hour or so and walked into the town centre to use a call box to hand myself into the police, (my phone had died and in my panicked state I left it in the car). The police picked me up, I explained to them all what happened, and I done a breath test and got 109, I got taken down to the station and done another one which came up as 79 (I'm told this is the one that will be used in court?). After this I spent the night in a cell. Anyway my car's a write off, I've paid for it to just be kept by the garage and scrapped because I know I'll definitely get a ban anyway.
I have a court hearing for the 11th July, I got myself into this situation so just want to deal with it by myself, but I have no idea where to start! I've been driving for 4 years, this is my first criminal offence (I'm 21), does anyone have a rough idea what my sentence will be? Also how do I go about getting a solicitor? I was hoping to travel round south east asia early next year so I don't really have the money to pay out loads of money for a solicitor/lawyer, will this stop me getting into any asian countries? How long will I be in Court for?
Sorry for all the questions but I'm so confused and don't know what to expect in the slightest!
Ok so on Friday night I went for a night out with my friend and drank far too much, for some really stupid reason I decided to drive home (I have no idea what was going through my head), I was almost at my house when I crashed into a parked van, thankfully I didn't hurt anyone but the noise woke the neighbours and I fled the scene. Like sprinted away.
When I drink too much I do occasionally find myself suicidal, after this incident I found myself running towards the river, sound like a massive drama queen I know but I've sworn to stay off alcohol now. I couldn't end up doing it anyway, of course.
I kinda got myself together after an hour or so and walked into the town centre to use a call box to hand myself into the police, (my phone had died and in my panicked state I left it in the car). The police picked me up, I explained to them all what happened, and I done a breath test and got 109, I got taken down to the station and done another one which came up as 79 (I'm told this is the one that will be used in court?). After this I spent the night in a cell. Anyway my car's a write off, I've paid for it to just be kept by the garage and scrapped because I know I'll definitely get a ban anyway.
I have a court hearing for the 11th July, I got myself into this situation so just want to deal with it by myself, but I have no idea where to start! I've been driving for 4 years, this is my first criminal offence (I'm 21), does anyone have a rough idea what my sentence will be? Also how do I go about getting a solicitor? I was hoping to travel round south east asia early next year so I don't really have the money to pay out loads of money for a solicitor/lawyer, will this stop me getting into any asian countries? How long will I be in Court for?
Sorry for all the questions but I'm so confused and don't know what to expect in the slightest!