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Offence: Failing to Provide a Specimen of Breath \u2013 not guilty plea<\/p>\n
Defence: Technical Defence<\/p>\n
Carl Millar represented Mr S who was charged with the offence of failing to provide a specimen of breath for analysis.<\/p>\n
Carl Millar spotted a technical defence in the case.\u00a0 Mr S was required to provide two specimens of breath at the police station in the usual way.\u00a0 Mr S did comply with the requirement, but the breath test device detected mouth alcohol.\u00a0 In those circumstances, the device is unreliable and the correct procedure is to move on to a requirement for a sample of blood or urine.\u00a0 The police officer made a simple mistake and simply charged the defendant with failing to provide a specimen.\u00a0 This was incorrect and the police officer should have required Mr S to provide a sample of blood or urine.<\/p>\n
Given the shortcomings in the prosecution case, the prosecutor accepted that there was no reasonable prospects of success and agreed to discontinue the case against Mr S.<\/p>\n
Mr S will also receive reimbursement for the fees incurred in respect of his defence.
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