Drink Driver over 4 Times the Limit Avoids Immediate Custody

Millicent Dooher, barrister, represented this driver at his sentencing hearing following an offence of drink driving. With such a high reading, the starting point is immediate custody. Millicent was able to convince the Magistrates not to impose immediate custody due to the mitigating factors, including the work the driver had independently undertaken to address the problem of drink driving. The Court imposed a suspended sentence of 12 weeks along with a mandatory disqualification.