Gold Coast DUI News Report
Southport Court Drink Driving Lawyers appeared for this drink driver has ploughed his car through a gold coast pre-polling booth and miraculously no one was injured. Staff were setting up the Bundall site when the VW came crashing through the glass doors. It wasn’t due to open to voters until next week. As a result, the 72 year old temporary electoral commission worker has been charged.
Southport Court DUI Lawyer Case Report
Boorman Lawyers appeared at the Southport Magistrate’s Court on the Gold Coast for a drink driving matter. It was a middle range drink driving offence with a blood alcohol concentration reading of 0.138. This matter was quite aggravated due to the fact that, our client, who was an elderly man, was in his place of work. He had been battling some quite significant mental health, and unresolved grief issues. This was predominantly due to the loss of his son some years ago. At the time of the offence it was nearing the anniversary of his son’s death.
Unfortunately, he had not had a handle on his alcohol consumption. On the day of the offence he’d been at work and had gone to lunch. He purchased a bottle of wine and then parked nearby, ate some food. Then drank the bottle of wine before returning back to his place of work. On return and as he was parking his car, he has mistakenly put his foot on the accelerator instead of the brake.
Gold Coast Drink Driving Accident
Now, this caused his vehicle to drive straight into the shop front of his workplace. So it caused extensive damage and it was quite a scene that he created. I don’t know how it happened, but the news, the local news ended up appearing on the spot and filming the aftermath of the accident.
Police were obviously called and they breath tested our client who recorded a blood alcohol concentration reading of 0.138.
Catalyst for Client Treatment
Unfortunately, it was this offence which, acted as a catalyst for our client to go and get some, well-needed, support, medical and psychological intervention.
He spent 7 weeks in, the Currumbin Clinic This was to detox, to rehab and to get some well-needed treatment in relation to his mental health issues and his alcohol dependency. So that was a significant step that he actually took voluntarily to, address his underlying issues which were the root cause of his offending behaviour.
DUI Offender Subjective Issues
Our client was 72 years of age. He’s been driving for 54 years. He’s only got three very minor, speeding or traffic entries on his record.
So what that does show is that, usually he would conduct himself, very well on the road and that this, offense appears to be wildly out of character for him and a one-off incident. Therefore as long as he can continue with this treatment to assist and treat his issues, it’s unlikely that he will ever appear back before the court. We arranged, quite a large amount of material to be presented at the sentence hearing.
DUI Case Material
There was a psychiatrist report and also a report from the clinic.
He got a personal reference from a family member. As well as good letter of apology was prepared showing insight into his offending. It also showed what he’s learned from the treatment he’s been engaged with since the offence occurred.
Gold Coast Traffic Offenders Program
Our client took it upon himself to complete the Gold Coast Traffic Offenders Program. As a result he was able to show the Court how seriously he has taken the matter and was able to display what he had learnt from completing the program.
Good Family Support
We were able to show the Court that he does have a good family support base behind him.
Southport Court Drink Driving Lawyers Summary
Our Southport Court Drink Driving Lawyers were able to show the Court that our client has gone to great lengths to address his personal issues which led to the offence. We could show that he’s responded well to the treatment. This was became obvious through the evidence that we did tender to the Court.
Gold Coast DUI Court Outcome
In conclusion, the outcome was a very positive one. Our client has done, almost two months off the road at this point in time.
We were able to persuade the Court to deal with this matter by way of a minimum disqualification for a middle range DUI offence in Queensland, which was three months. Our client was also issued with a $700 fine. Additionally, no conviction was recorded.
So that was an added bonus just to keep a good history and record behind him a clean slate for him going forward. A very, relieved client today, very happy with the outcome. But certainly he’s got a long road ahead of him to continue getting the treatment and support that he needs.
However, so long as he can continue down that positive track. Then it’s highly unlikely we’ll ever see him back before the courts again in the future.
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