Roxy
New Member
Hi, I have come to this community for some support and help, even though I may not deserve it, I cannot find it elsewhere and am desperate.
The situation: I was arrested on suspicion of drink driving when I pulled up at a garage to be sick. I was sick because I had drunk a pint of beer on an empty stomach washed down with 2 30/500 co-codomols. I had just been on a long bike ride earlier that day in the hot sun and was begged to go for a drink even though I don't really drink and it was only 6pm. I felt pressured as she had done me some favours that day (doing 3 loads of washing for me) and I gave it to peer pressure. I then got in my car and drove to the garage and was then sick on the forecourt, the staff from the petrol station called the police and I was detained in a cell for over 20 hours while they gathered evidence that i was indeed driving. To put it mildly my life will now be in shambles, as I am sure has been said over and over again on this forum. I blew 70 and later found out i was given another drink but it was replaced with the one I was drinking and that is why I was over the limit. Hand on heart I didn't know about it. I am a student nurse, single parent of 3 and I live in the middle of nowhere, no bus route, no school bus route and no sidewalk to walk on. I have spent the last week feeling sick about what has happened, not eating or sleeping or attending my degree and my children and family have all had to suffer the consequences of this. My main questions are:
1. As I am half way thru my degree should I tell the uni or would it be better not to as I have no reason for it to come out until I apply for a job.
2.I can't afford a solicitor however will it be good enough if I represent myself in court
3.If I do represent myself I am hesitant to read anything out loud that could catch the ears of the press so i would rather submit a letter to be read privately by the magistrates, is this a possibility?
4.Should I save myself the embarrassment of maybe not being able to get my PIN at the end of my degree and just quit now before anyone finds out or I have to tell anyone and do something else with my life . I have options I am also a qualified PT and an English teacher.
Thank you in advance for any and all help it is much appreciated.
Roxy
The situation: I was arrested on suspicion of drink driving when I pulled up at a garage to be sick. I was sick because I had drunk a pint of beer on an empty stomach washed down with 2 30/500 co-codomols. I had just been on a long bike ride earlier that day in the hot sun and was begged to go for a drink even though I don't really drink and it was only 6pm. I felt pressured as she had done me some favours that day (doing 3 loads of washing for me) and I gave it to peer pressure. I then got in my car and drove to the garage and was then sick on the forecourt, the staff from the petrol station called the police and I was detained in a cell for over 20 hours while they gathered evidence that i was indeed driving. To put it mildly my life will now be in shambles, as I am sure has been said over and over again on this forum. I blew 70 and later found out i was given another drink but it was replaced with the one I was drinking and that is why I was over the limit. Hand on heart I didn't know about it. I am a student nurse, single parent of 3 and I live in the middle of nowhere, no bus route, no school bus route and no sidewalk to walk on. I have spent the last week feeling sick about what has happened, not eating or sleeping or attending my degree and my children and family have all had to suffer the consequences of this. My main questions are:
1. As I am half way thru my degree should I tell the uni or would it be better not to as I have no reason for it to come out until I apply for a job.
2.I can't afford a solicitor however will it be good enough if I represent myself in court
3.If I do represent myself I am hesitant to read anything out loud that could catch the ears of the press so i would rather submit a letter to be read privately by the magistrates, is this a possibility?
4.Should I save myself the embarrassment of maybe not being able to get my PIN at the end of my degree and just quit now before anyone finds out or I have to tell anyone and do something else with my life . I have options I am also a qualified PT and an English teacher.
Thank you in advance for any and all help it is much appreciated.
Roxy