Solicitor Charged with Drink Driving

Thu, 11 Jun 2009

An Oldham based solicitor has appeared in court facing drink driving charges . Ironically, 37 year old Ian Owen specialises in road traffic cases, and has a website offering legal advice on a number of areas, including the very charge he was faced with. Such was his embarrassment at this irony, Mr Owen tried to stop the media from finding out details of his mitigation when he appeared in court.

Mr Owen had been seen staggering around after getting out of his car, and then refused to give his details to the police . The lawyer admitted driving with excess alcohol, and was banned from driving for 18 months, fined £600 and ordered to pay legal costs of £60 as well as a £15 victim’s surcharge. Mr Owen had been found to be twice over the limit, with 70 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath – double the legal limit of 35.

Mr Owen had no previous convictions, and initially handed over a statement of mitigation for magistrates to read rather than speaking. When journalists objected, however, Mr Owen said, ‘I'm utterly ashamed at being here. It is acutely embarrassing. This will never happen again.’
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