Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Millie.A]

Any advice would help a lot, thank you in advance.

I was caught over the limit after a while ago now. After a couple of single drinks out at a social club I decided to walk back to the car park to change my shoes. I had changed out of my heels when I noticed someone approaching my car. The car park is behind a field in the middle of nowhere and was pitch black. I locked my doors and turned the lights on to show that I was in the car. The person continued to stare at the car before walking towards it again. Stupidly I panicked and decided to drive out of the car park and stop around the corner. The next thing I know is that my face is covered in blood. I've fainted/collapsed and hit a small wall.

I have a congenital heart condition, have low blood pressure and low blood sugar and have frequent dizzy/fainting spells. A traffic officer travelled with me in the ambulance on the way to hospital. After they removed the neck brace outside the hospital I was breathalysed and after a failed first attempt it came back as 61.

I gave a blood sample at the hospital to the police doctor. He did not want to take my blood and tried to refuse (for some reason) but the police officer told him he had to.

I was not charged or bailed or anything at this point. I was not given a case reference number or the name of any allocated officer.

My independent blood test results have come back (3 months ago) as 104.

It is now 19 weeks and I have heard nothing from the police. I have tried contacting them but no one seems to know what is happening.

The independent blood results report indicated that the police failed to seal the blood sample correctly.

Please help...is it normal to wait this long to hear anything?

Thank you.

On a side note I have not driven since the accident and suffer panic attacks now. The guilt I feel is immense and I often feel like I am suffocating thinking about the harm I could've caused.

 

[Mclanelli]

Any advice would help a lot, thank you in advance.

I was caught over the limit after a while ago now. After a couple of single drinks out at a social club I decided to walk back to the car park to change my shoes. I had changed out of my heels when I noticed someone approaching my car. The car park is behind a field in the middle of nowhere and was pitch black. I locked my doors and turned the lights on to show that I was in the car. The person continued to stare at the car before walking towards it again. Stupidly I panicked and decided to drive out of the car park and stop around the corner. The next thing I know is that my face is covered in blood. I've fainted/collapsed and hit a small wall.

I have a congenital heart condition, have low blood pressure and low blood sugar and have frequent dizzy/fainting spells. A traffic officer travelled with me in the ambulance on the way to hospital. After they removed the neck brace outside the hospital I was breathalysed and after a failed first attempt it came back as 61.

I gave a blood sample at the hospital to the police doctor. He did not want to take my blood and tried to refuse (for some reason) but the police officer told him he had to.

I was not charged or bailed or anything at this point. I was not given a case reference number or the name of any allocated officer.

My independent blood test results have come back (3 months ago) as 104.

It is now 19 weeks and I have heard nothing from the police. I have tried contacting them but no one seems to know what is happening.

The independent blood results report indicated that the police failed to seal the blood sample correctly.

Please help...is it normal to wait this long to hear anything?

Thank you.

On a side note I have not driven since the accident and suffer panic attacks now. The guilt I feel is immense and I often feel like I am suffocating thinking about the harm I could've caused.

My advice would be to not contact the police and put this incident into someone's mind. The longer that it is left, the better the likely outcome will be for you. If and when they contact you, go straight to a specialist solicitor and explain the facts. Do not say anything to the police or meet with them for any kind of discussion until you have spoken to a solicitor first.

Hopefully you will never hear back from them. But it sounds as though you will have a defence if you do, so remember to speak to a solicitor.

Good luck.

M

 

[price1367]

I would agree with Mclanelli to not contact the police at this stage. It could have been 'forgotten' or the officer has gone on sick leave, so you need to not remind them you may need prosecuting.
After 19 weeks, there is still some time to go. There is 6 months for the police to institute proceedings..... that does not need that you have to be notified of going to court during that time, just that there must be an application or a summons raised with the court, you may not find out about that for possibly several weeks later. Potentially you could be 10-11 weeks from 'safety'.
You would need a specialist solicitor to deal with the issues about the blood sample and it not being sealed properly. What did the laboratory say about what was wrong with it? Normally if they feel it has been tampered with they will refuse to analyse it.
You say that the police officer told the police doctor "that he had to take a blood sample." I can recollect several times where I wanted the police doctor to take a sample, for various reasons, but he refused. I cannot see any doctor takings sample if he doesn't want to.
you say that you had a 'couple of single drinks.' Your reading of 61 (although not proof) in breath indicates, for a female, about 5 units of alcohol in your system. The blood result of 104 indicates about 4 1/2 units, so that is consistent, but not consistent with 'a couple of single drinks.'
if the blood result came back from the police sample different to yours, then you may be able to get a solicitor to argue that the sample could have been tampered with, based on what your lab says, but if the police one agrees with yours (there may well be a variation of 6 for the allowance their lab allows) which is supported by the breath reading, you would be hard pressed to convince a court that there had been any tampering.
The last thing I would point out that you should be very wary of any defence that involves putting forward your medical history. Low blood pressure, with fainting episodes may well be the cause of why you hit the wall, rather than the alcohol...... but it is also grounds for having your licence revoked as being unsafe to be on the road. I am pleased to see that you have not driven since and I think you should discuss your condition and your ability to drive with your GP before you start driving again whatever the outcome of this drink drive case.