samsam89
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Need some advice on what to do (6 weeks until I get my licence back).
I went out for a drink with some friends last night in a local town and the lift home I had organised let me down, so I went home with another friend who was heading that way. I knew he had had a drink or two but didn't think he was over the limit.
He crashed his car (with me in it) and subsequently legged it off and the car caught alight. I wandered 30-40 metres down the road and stood just off the road when the police arrived and pulled over. They took my name etc and I obviously told them I wasn't the driver and that I was just heading home from town.
My friend then appeared out of the bushes and wandered over (no idea why), and when the police asked for his details he gave a false name, which the officer rumbled straight away. He also was found to have a small quantity of cannabis on him (unbeknown to me!). The officer breathalysed him and he blew 60+. He was then arrested and the officer quizzed him further, to which he gave no replies and at no point said he was driving.
The officer said that he was pretty certain that my friend was the driver and I was the passenger but that because he couldn't be 100% he had to breathalyse me too. He did so, and because i'd been out drinking, I blew over aswell. I was also then arrested and we were both taken to the police station.
I was fully compliant with the police and constantly maintained that I had done no wrong, and that I was the passenger. My friend caused them a bit of trouble with resisting being brought into the station, so he was restrained and dragged in basically.
We both got breathalysed on the large machine and were both over the limit. Then I was placed in the cells and interviewed this morning. I told them exactly what had happened but I refused to tell them the name of the driver and said I didn't feel comfortable telling them his name Although they knew full well it was the other guy (constable said just as much to me), I got the impression they needed me to say his name in order to prove it.
I was then put back in cells and brought out an hour or so later. I have been bailed pending further enquiries with the alleged offence of 'Drive motor vehicle when alcohol level above limit', and asked to return to the police station in 1 month to see what happens, unless they contact me before then.
My friend has 4 alleged offences: drink driving, resisting arrest, perverting the course of justice, possession of a controlled substance (or whatever they call cannabis).
I'm worried that they've bailed me with an alleged offence when I have done no wrong?? Could I possibly be charged with this offence (or non-offence) even though I was a passenger in the car??
No admissions of guilt were made by my friend to driving and nobody witnessed the accident as far as i'm aware.
Where do I stand? Should I have told them it was him driving? Could I still tell them that?
What are the chance of me being charged with this, as it seems obscene to me?!
I went out for a drink with some friends last night in a local town and the lift home I had organised let me down, so I went home with another friend who was heading that way. I knew he had had a drink or two but didn't think he was over the limit.
He crashed his car (with me in it) and subsequently legged it off and the car caught alight. I wandered 30-40 metres down the road and stood just off the road when the police arrived and pulled over. They took my name etc and I obviously told them I wasn't the driver and that I was just heading home from town.
My friend then appeared out of the bushes and wandered over (no idea why), and when the police asked for his details he gave a false name, which the officer rumbled straight away. He also was found to have a small quantity of cannabis on him (unbeknown to me!). The officer breathalysed him and he blew 60+. He was then arrested and the officer quizzed him further, to which he gave no replies and at no point said he was driving.
The officer said that he was pretty certain that my friend was the driver and I was the passenger but that because he couldn't be 100% he had to breathalyse me too. He did so, and because i'd been out drinking, I blew over aswell. I was also then arrested and we were both taken to the police station.
I was fully compliant with the police and constantly maintained that I had done no wrong, and that I was the passenger. My friend caused them a bit of trouble with resisting being brought into the station, so he was restrained and dragged in basically.
We both got breathalysed on the large machine and were both over the limit. Then I was placed in the cells and interviewed this morning. I told them exactly what had happened but I refused to tell them the name of the driver and said I didn't feel comfortable telling them his name Although they knew full well it was the other guy (constable said just as much to me), I got the impression they needed me to say his name in order to prove it.
I was then put back in cells and brought out an hour or so later. I have been bailed pending further enquiries with the alleged offence of 'Drive motor vehicle when alcohol level above limit', and asked to return to the police station in 1 month to see what happens, unless they contact me before then.
My friend has 4 alleged offences: drink driving, resisting arrest, perverting the course of justice, possession of a controlled substance (or whatever they call cannabis).
I'm worried that they've bailed me with an alleged offence when I have done no wrong?? Could I possibly be charged with this offence (or non-offence) even though I was a passenger in the car??
No admissions of guilt were made by my friend to driving and nobody witnessed the accident as far as i'm aware.
Where do I stand? Should I have told them it was him driving? Could I still tell them that?
What are the chance of me being charged with this, as it seems obscene to me?!
