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Drink-driving accused's detention not unlawful, despite interpreter breach
Summary
In a 2020 Court of Appeal decision, the court held that the detention of a Romanian man arrested in Dublin in December 2013 for suspected drink driving was not unlawful, even though the Gardaí failed to inform him that an interpreter was not required and did not record this decision in the custody record. The man was stopped after the officer observed him driving with a traffic cone under his bumper, smelled alcohol on his breath, and noted slurred speech. He claimed he had only had a few drinks at a Christmas party and provided two breath samples at the station. The District Court judge found breaches of the interpretation regulations but the Court of Appeal ruled these breaches did not make the detention unlawful.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Drink-driving accused's detention not unlawful, despite interpreter breach. Procedural stage: appeal
When:
- December 2013 Incident
- Christmas Other
- 2020-11-11 Publication
Places mentioned
- Court of Appeal
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