Case: Speeding charge withdrawn due to VicRoads administrative error.
Our client was intercepted by Highway Patrol on the Calder freeway for driving at 139 km/h. The Police Officer provided our client with a defective infringement for speeding in an 80 km/h, when the freeway was a 100 km/h zone.
Our client contested the infringement, however he only received a document from VicRoads, stating that he lost his license. Eventually, he was given a Court summons after not driving for 6 months.
Charges/ Ch1 (Traffick Meth); Ch2 (Possess meth); Ch3 (Possess ecstasy); Ch4 (Possess Viagra); Ch5 (Drug driving (Meth); Ch6 (Drive whilst suspended); Ch7 (Careless driving); Ch8 (Possess Proceeds of crime $4,077.50)
Result/ Ch1 (Drug trafficking) Withdrawn; Ch2 to Ch8: 12 months license loss, released from prison after 156 time served with a corrections order variation for the previous offending.
Our lawyer negotiated with the Prosecution to withdraw the drug trafficking charge over several months. This may have saved our client from spending extra months in custody, due to how serious the offending was.