News - Drink Driving

Former Wiltshire PC Ted Andrews resigned from the force on Friday, January 2, following a conviction for drink driving. A police disciplinary hearing held at Wiltshire Police Headquarters on Monday, January 5 found that Andrews had breached the Standards of Read more...

If you are facing court for a drink-driving offence, you might feel overwhelmed. Dealing with the criminal justice system is an unfamiliar experience for many people, and it’s only natural to be uncertain about what will happen and what the Read more...

On January 7th, the UK government launched a comprehensive new Road Safety Strategy for England and Wales. The strategy, which seeks to cut deaths and serious injuries by 65% by 2035 (70% for children under 16), focuses on the continuing Read more...

On the night of September 30, 2023, 17-year-old Benjamin Worrall was killed and his friend Nathan Fountain seriously injured when a Range Rover collided with their motorcycles near Rowton Castle in Shropshire. The driver of the Range Rover, Danny Francis, Read more...

A vicar based in Lincolnshire has been banned from driving for two years following a conviction for drink driving. Rev. Sion Hughes Carew, 40, an expert in canon law, had previously worked at Church House in Westminster in the Church Read more...

A 25-year-old man from Leeds has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after pleading guilty to causing death by careless driving. On August 1, 2021, special needs teacher Linda Stockdale, 65, was travelling home to Tunstall after babysitting her Read more...

33-year-old Curton Bolton has been fined and given a drink-driving ban after pleading guilty to drink driving. On July 26, he was questioned by police at a petrol pump after they had observed his erratic driving on the A590 near Read more...

A recent road collision in Hartlepool involving a drink driver has led to the tragic death of a celebrated police dog. On August 18, 33-year-old Brian McLoughlin pleaded guilty to drink driving at Teesside Magistrates’ Court, having been apprehended by Read more...

Jade Devine of Flimby, Cumbria has been given a substantial jail sentence after killing two pedestrians while driving under the influence of alcohol. Bethanie Clark and David Muir were both killed in the collision, which occurred on May 15th, 2022, Read more...

Even after one small alcoholic drink, it can be very difficult to know whether you are within the legal limits prescribed by UK law. Different people process alcohol differently, and two people consuming the same drink may have distinctly different Read more...

If you have been stopped, breathalysed and found to be driving under the influence of alcohol, you are committing a drink driving offence. This can attract severe penalties that can have a massive impact on your life. In some circumstances, Read more...

Nahidur Rahman, of Park Walk, Chester, has pleaded not guilty to one count of drink driving. It is alleged that on 2nd February 2025, 27-year-old Rahman was driving a car in St. John Street while under the influence of alcohol. Read more...