Poor Police Evidence Leads to Prosecution Offering No Evidence on Day of Trial for Mobile Phone Offence.

This driver, represented by Millicent Dooher, barrister, was facing a mobile telephone offence. This carries 6 penalty points if convicted. Millicent represented this driver for his trial. In the pre-hearing discussions on the day of the trial, the Prosecution agreed to offer no evidence due to the poor police evidence and the offence was dropped.

Millicent obtained a costs order for the driver. This outcome was further beneficial to the driver, as, had he been found guilty of the mobile telephone offence, he would have risked being a ‘totter’ with 12 or more penalty points.