Case: Driver caught for drug driving 2 times in 1 month
Our was intercepted by a routine police booze bus on the Burwood Highway. She tested negative for any alcohol in her breath, however she tested positive on the roadside drug test.
Charges/ Ch1 (Drive with MDMA in oral fluid); Ch2 (Drive with methylamphetamine in oral fluid); Ch3 (Drive with MDMA in oral fluid, alternative charge)
Result/ 12 month good behaviour bond, 12 months license loss, $500 donation to the Court without conviction
Result/ Ch1 (Traffick Meth) withdrawn; Plea Guilty Ch2-8: 12 months license loss, Released from prison after 156 time served with a corrections order variation for the previous offending.
We negotiated with the Prosecution to roll up the charges to a single offence of drug driving and provided Court support letters and medical documents to the Magistrate, so that our client only received the minimum mandatory license loss.