lordnolo
Member
Hi - I was recently arrested for being drunk in charge ( I was not driving the vehicle and had no intention to drive it but because the engine was running I was arrested). In the police station I was unable to provide an evidential breath test despite attempts due to difficulties breathing (i suffer from asthma) and couldn't provide a blood test as the medical professional could not find a vein. So submitted a urine sample. This was one sample into a bottle (the practice sample) and then a minute later I was asked to provide another sample. Before my breathlyser test the police did not ask me whether In the last 20 minutes I'd done any of the following:
"Have you in the last twenty minutes:
consumed any alcohol?
used any mouth spray?
used any mouth wash?
used any medication?
eaten anything?
inhaled anything?
taken anything?
I have now been released without charge pending the results of an investigation while the police wait for the urine sample.
Reading various websites on the internet it seems that not asking me the above questions and making me provide urine samples so quickly indicates procedural errors which would lead me to having a defence. Is this right?
"Have you in the last twenty minutes:
consumed any alcohol?
used any mouth spray?
used any mouth wash?
used any medication?
eaten anything?
inhaled anything?
taken anything?
I have now been released without charge pending the results of an investigation while the police wait for the urine sample.
Reading various websites on the internet it seems that not asking me the above questions and making me provide urine samples so quickly indicates procedural errors which would lead me to having a defence. Is this right?