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Drink Driving Lawyer Sydney High Range DUI 0.181 Downing Centre Court

By Joshua Boorman · Published · NSW posts

In shortBoorman Lawyers – Drink Driving Lawyer Sydney – Recently, we appeared at the Downing Centre Local Court in the heart of the Sydney CBD on a high range PCA offence with a blood alcohol concentration reading of 0.181. To make matters worse for my client it was his second offence.

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New South Wales law · law checked 21 Oct 2026

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Boorman Lawyers – Drink Driving Lawyer Sydney – Recently, we appeared at the Downing Centre Local Court in the heart of the Sydney CBD on a high range PCA offence with a blood alcohol concentration reading of 0.181.

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Poor History

To make matters worse for my client it was his second offence. He had a middle range drink driving offence back about 10 years ago. So that did play a factor in relation to the sentencing.

Case Facts

The facts and circumstance surrounding this matter were that the defendant had gone out for big night out, he parked his car in a restricted area.

He decided to go back to his vehicle about 3:00am and sleep in his car. After sleeping in his car for about four hours. He woke up and had it in his mind that that he had to move his vehicle since he had parked in a restricted area. In relocating his vehicle, he drove down a street where there was a random breath test operation in progress at around 7:30am.

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At the Downing Centre Courthouse he received the minimum licence disqualification of 6 months which was backdated to the day offence. No fine was issued however a Community Corrections Order was put in place for a period of 12 months.

This effectively means that the client is to be of good behaviour for the next 12 months.

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So that was the matter which we appeared on at the Downing Centre Courthouse in the Sydney CBD.

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To recap: No fine was issued however a Community Corrections Order was put in place for a period of 12 months. The matter above was heard at Downing Centre Local Court. The reading was 0.181. If you have been charged with high range drink driving in New South Wales, call Joshua on 1300 941 900 to talk about your situation.

Read more on high range drink driving in the New South Wales traffic law section. Each case turns on its own facts, so treat this Downing Centre Local Court result as general information, not legal advice. Call 1300 941 900 or make an enquiry about legal representation.

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Boorman Lawyers – Drink Driving Lawyer Sydney – Recently, we appeared at the Downing Centre Local Court in the heart of the Sydney CBD on a high range PCA offence with a blood alcohol concentration reading of 0.181. To make matters worse for my client it was his second offence.

How did Downing Centre Local Court deal with it?

So that did play a factor in relation to the sentencing.

Is this February 2021 post still current?

Published 18 February 2021. Read it with the dated notes on this page and the up-to-date NSW guides.

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Sources and references for this page, checked 21 Oct 2026.

This page is general information about New South Wales law only. It is not legal advice. Every matter turns on its own facts.

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