recrec
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DRINK DRIVING Query
Drink Driving x3 over the limit. I Was out of the Car at the time, but the Officer used constant badgering and intimidation to get me to confess that I had just been driving. Whilst I was trying to get into my house on the front lawn, he had one hand on the radio and one on my chest pushing for me to to confess, so like a fool I did, just to get him off my back since I was fairly inebriated and was not really aware of what I should say.
I never followed through. I believed (rightly or wrongly) he obtained the confession surreptitiously, since I was not driving (behind the wheel), or anywhere near the Car when he made his arrest under constant badgering, I was in no state to argue and just wanted to go and sleep it off.
This incident occurred in the Spring of 1994. Would there still be an arrest/bench warrant out for me either nationally, or internationally, if so would I have a reasonable defence after such a long time as to why I did not appear for this, and what I believe to be a false arrest and confession made under intoxication and duress by the said officer at the time?
I did see a lawyer and she told me I should have said I had not been driving, and that I could face a prison sentence, because it was the 3rd Drink Driving offence at a high-end limit, which of course spooked me, so I never turned up to face the music.
Is there a 'statute of limitations' for motoring offences, and do 'Warrants,' if not served in appropiate time, cease to be enforcible?
Drink Driving x3 over the limit. I Was out of the Car at the time, but the Officer used constant badgering and intimidation to get me to confess that I had just been driving. Whilst I was trying to get into my house on the front lawn, he had one hand on the radio and one on my chest pushing for me to to confess, so like a fool I did, just to get him off my back since I was fairly inebriated and was not really aware of what I should say.
I never followed through. I believed (rightly or wrongly) he obtained the confession surreptitiously, since I was not driving (behind the wheel), or anywhere near the Car when he made his arrest under constant badgering, I was in no state to argue and just wanted to go and sleep it off.
This incident occurred in the Spring of 1994. Would there still be an arrest/bench warrant out for me either nationally, or internationally, if so would I have a reasonable defence after such a long time as to why I did not appear for this, and what I believe to be a false arrest and confession made under intoxication and duress by the said officer at the time?
I did see a lawyer and she told me I should have said I had not been driving, and that I could face a prison sentence, because it was the 3rd Drink Driving offence at a high-end limit, which of course spooked me, so I never turned up to face the music.
Is there a 'statute of limitations' for motoring offences, and do 'Warrants,' if not served in appropiate time, cease to be enforcible?
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