Dave43
New Member
Hello,
I will be detailing my situation bellow, but my questions on my current predicament are as follows:
So, I put my car in for repairs at 9am and walked to town, at 11:30 (ish) had a pint of beer whilst waiting. Went for lunch at 1pm and had a bottle of beer with food. Walked back to Halfords for 3pm, they still had not done the car so I waited. Went around to Liddle to buy beer for the night. Whilst waiting at Halfords I had one more beer (stupid I know). Drove home at about 4:30pm. Opened another beer at my computer. Buy 5pm the police were there, I failed the breathalyser, arrested and taken to the police station. My 'score' on the police test was 40 so I'm being charged.
My interview was the conducted at 12:05am and I told them everything, although I forgot to tell them about the beer I opened after I got home.
The reason I want to plead guilty is because of costs involved with defence but I need to reduce any bans for driving because I live relatively remotely with a 45 minute drive to work, people are dependant on me for transport and my wife is now 4 months pregnent.
I will be detailing my situation bellow, but my questions on my current predicament are as follows:
- Will there be any way of pleading guilty and potentially having the driving ban reduced from 12 months?
- Is it worth getting a solicitor or would the duty solicitor be able to provide the exact same service and assistance?
- What would the cost of a duty solicitor be?
- Realistically what am I looking in terms of conviction?
- What would I be looking at for mitigation?
So, I put my car in for repairs at 9am and walked to town, at 11:30 (ish) had a pint of beer whilst waiting. Went for lunch at 1pm and had a bottle of beer with food. Walked back to Halfords for 3pm, they still had not done the car so I waited. Went around to Liddle to buy beer for the night. Whilst waiting at Halfords I had one more beer (stupid I know). Drove home at about 4:30pm. Opened another beer at my computer. Buy 5pm the police were there, I failed the breathalyser, arrested and taken to the police station. My 'score' on the police test was 40 so I'm being charged.
My interview was the conducted at 12:05am and I told them everything, although I forgot to tell them about the beer I opened after I got home.
The reason I want to plead guilty is because of costs involved with defence but I need to reduce any bans for driving because I live relatively remotely with a 45 minute drive to work, people are dependant on me for transport and my wife is now 4 months pregnent.