Glasgow Dangerous Driving Charge Not Guilty

Our cleint was caught by an 'off-duty' cop on dashcam driving very badly. It was reported to 'on-duty' officers, dashcam provided and our client was charged by the police with dangerous driving. 

His licence was essential, he was an apprentice on 3 points and subject to the 'New Driver's Provisions'.

Despite the incident being having occurred some 13 months ago, the Crown failed to provide any evidence in the case until the morning of the trial. 

Having only just received the evidence our Mr Simpson spotted a technical line of defence. The trial started shortly thereafter, and evidence was led from the police with the dashcam footage being played on repeat. Mr Simpson asked no questions at all, and spoke only to object to questions from the Procurator Fiscal Depute. All of Mr Simpson's objections were upheld by the Sheriff.

Following the closing of the Crown case, our Mr Simpson addressed the Sheriff on the technical point of law he had spotted within minutes of receiving the Crown's evidence.

The Sheriff considered the legal point, agreed with Mr Simpson, and found our client 'NOT GUILTY' of the charge.

Another questionless acquittal.

This rounded off a week of 3 dangerous driving charges successfully defended in Court - 4 penalty points on Monday at Stranraer Sheriff Court, 3 penalty points on Wednesday at Livingston Sheriff Court, and an acquittal on Friday at Glasgow Sheriff Court.

Success rates are meaningless, results are all that matter.

 Kept Licence!